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Senator from Massachusetts, saying, "What work could be more heartwarming or more enduring than the great forest at Jerusalem. Your children and grandchildren when they visit Israel will find your monument". Second, Warren recalled that Kennedy had visited Israel twice, the first time in 1939 when it was still part of the
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Forest," with a goal of planting 5.5 million trees in the two forests, as a number equal to the Jewish population of the United States. More than three million dollars in donations had been received at that point for the
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assassination, the Jewish National Fund sponsored meetings in major Jewish communities throughout the United States. The meetings were described as tributes for the fallen President as well as symbolic dedication ceremonies for the planned memorial.
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Internal area includes bust of Kennedy, eternal light, memorial wall inscribed with excerpts of Kennedy's speeches, and library of photographs and documents related to US-Israel relations until time of Kennedy's
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against Roman forces in 132â135 CE. The view from the parking lot has been described in the
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Yad Kennedy and its adjoining picnic grounds are part of the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest.
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1186:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 13 November 1964. Archived from
1754:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 21 January 1981. Archived from
1157:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 14 January 1964. Archived from
1052:"Warren to talk to 2000 today at Kennedy Memorial in Israel"
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Photograph of plaque at tree planted by Jacquelin Kennedy
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1431:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 10 June 1968. Archived from
1405:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 13 June 1966. Archived from
1212:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 9 July 1965. Archived from
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who have visited the memorial and planted trees include
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Yad Kennedy was designed by the Brazilian-born Israeli
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1323:. Associated Press. 26 December 1966. p. C-4
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1624:"KKL-JNF photo archives, photo number d733-023"
524:Bronze relief of John F. Kennedy at Yad Kennedy
1720:"Lieutenant governor, family travel to Israel"
1699:Acts of Memory: Cultural recall in the present
2901:Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
2271:Report to the American People on Civil Rights
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1803:"26th Victim of Lydda Massacre Dies"
2027:Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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502:relations and human friendships."
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2151:Federal housing segregation ban
2032:Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1906:U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
1752:"Planting trees on Tu B'shevat"
1574:. Nova Publishers. p. 54.
1898:President of the United States
1596:"Jackie Plants Tree in Israel"
1568:Alam, Mohammed Badrul (2006).
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283:View of Yad Kennedy on hilltop
195:President of the United States
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2475:John F. Kennedy document hoax
2469:Happy Birthday, Mr. President
2463:Coretta Scott King phone call
2401:Birthplace and childhood home
2284:A rising tide lifts all boats
2171:Presidential Medal of Freedom
1295:. Attractions in Israel. 2012
1266:"Dov Feigin: Cutting it thin"
1098:. 5 July 1966. Archived from
908:. 1 July 1966. Archived from
2674:LincolnâKennedy coincidences
2126:Communications Satellite Act
836:Feron, James (5 July 1966).
795:Memorials to John F. Kennedy
3028:Works about John F. Kennedy
2576:Gravesite and Eternal Flame
2434:Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana
2357:1960 presidential primaries
2265:We choose to go to the Moon
2131:Community Mental Health Act
1571:Jackie Kennedy: Trailblazer
1483:. This Day in History. 2012
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442:Close up of sloping columns
378:On 13 January 1964, former
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2295:State of the Union Address
2259:American University speech
2146:Federal affirmative action
1976:Presidential Proclamations
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2602:Profile in Courage Award
2196:All-Channel Receiver Act
2166:Pilot Food Stamp Program
1511:. Reuters. 28 April 1989
591:16 July 1999 plane crash
587:Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
463:Prime Minister of Israel
299:), the historic site of
22:John F. Kennedy Memorial
2853:Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
2776:John F. Kennedy Stadium
2609:Twenty-fourth Amendment
2191:Voter Education Project
1644:(subscription required)
635:A VIP Kennedy Memorial
289:Hadassah Medical Center
2970:â Dwight D. Eisenhower
2907:Eunice Kennedy Shriver
2701:Harvard Kennedy School
2619:Apollo 11 Moon landing
2512:A Nation of Immigrants
1986:Presidential limousine
1693:Bardenstein, Carol B.
1293:"Yad Kennedy Monument"
1243:Jewish Virtual Library
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2085:Cuban Missile Crisis
2075:Bay of Pigs Invasion
1981:Presidential pardons
1628:Jewish National Fund
906:The Jewish Chronicle
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583:John F. Kennedy, Jr.
558:Kennedy Peace Forest
427:Star Spangled Banner
364:Jewish National Fund
134:Completion date
2977:Lyndon B. Johnson â
2865:Tatiana Schlossberg
2847:John F. Kennedy Jr.
2664:U.S. postage stamps
2659:Kennedy half dollar
2649:Cultural depictions
2502:Profiles in Courage
2206:Revenue Act of 1962
2054:Trade Expansion Act
1914:U.S. Representative
1634:on 18 December 2012
752:Forest and memorial
621:USS John F. Kennedy
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126:Beginning date
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2925:Jean Kennedy Smith
2835:Jacqueline Bouvier
2781:Kennedy Expressway
2751:Runnymede memorial
2552:in popular culture
2453:Castle Hot Springs
1991:Presidential yacht
1547:The Jerusalem Post
1271:The Jerusalem Post
1131:. 17 February 1966
1129:The New York Times
1059:The New York Times
1000:"About Yad Vashem"
979:The New York Times
912:on 5 November 2013
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2039:Flexible response
1725:The Baltimore Sun
1601:The Gadsden Times
1508:Los Angeles Times
668:Robert F. Kennedy
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593:in the ocean off
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