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This dramatic chalk-white building sits on a peninsula overlooking Dorchester Bay. |
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The John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, America's tribute to one of its most popular presidents ever, is at Columbia Point in Dorchester (map). Designed by I M Pei, the library features an exhibition that is introduced by a 30-minute movie on the late president's life. Then, arranged in chronological order, it displays JFK memorabilia from his christening dress, PT-109 uniform, and flight jacket worn when president, to papers relating to the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. There is a re-creation of the White House's Oval Office as it was when he was president, and his desk and rocking chair. The landscaping of Cape Cod roses, sea grass, and weeping willows serves to harmonize the building with the peninsula, harbor islands, and sea. To get there by subway, take the Red Line to JFK/U Mass Station. If you're driving, follow I-93 (also designated US 1 and MA Routes 3, 15, and 16, and the Southeast Expressway) south from the city center, exiting at Morrissey Boulevard, and follow the signs. John
F Kennedy Presidential Library
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