Today we took the subway. We have taken subways before, but this was the first time in Boston. As we were standing there staring at all of our options, a subway worker took pity on us. We were trying to figure out whether to get a day pass or week pass. Anyway, we probably overpaid, but...
We got on the train and had to transfer to get to the JFK Memorial museum and library. Once we got to our stop we had to wait for a bus to take us there. The museum is on the UMass campus, which is in a beautiful location. It's on a peninsula off too itself. There were fake coyote statues all over the grounds. We were tring to figure that out. Kevin said it was to keep the seagulls away. Hmmmm? Will have to check into that.
We arrived at the museum. It sits right next to the water and is beautiful. This first thing that you do is watch a video about JFK's upbringing and his background. They showed him being rescued from his PT boat accident. We think we saw my Uncle Clyde on the rescue boat, which was really cool. The film ended with him being elected. The rest of the museum walked you through his life. There was a section that showed him historically and then Jacqueline Kennedy's behind the scences comments. She was interviewed several months after his death about what it was like in the White House. Those tapes were kept in a vault until after her death when her daughter decided it was time to release those to the public. It was a neat perspective. Not much time was spent on his death. Basically, they showed the news footage with Walter Cronkite announcing it and a small portion of the funeral.
The museum took quite a while, so our plans to go to the Aquqrium feel through. We decided to walk the markets at Faneuil Hall. After that we headed back to the room. Our days out are ending around 6 or 7. I'm assuming that things close early here, because we are here during the off season. Although, I don't know that anyone could really go any longer, after walking all day!
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