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Re: Jackie Kennedy's Pink Dress



How about good taste
or consideration for the President's family?
-----Original Message-----
From: Nan Curtis <ncurtis@UMICH.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: Jackie Kennedy's Pink Dress


>Why is that different than having the car in which Kennedy was assassinated
>on permanent display (Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village)?
>
>Is that cause for consternation?  Is that indecent?
>
>Also, HFM&GV does have Lincoln's chair in which he was shot, also on
>permanent display.  It is my understanding that it is considered a relic
and
>conservation/preservation teams do their best to preserve the blood stains.
>
>So, what's the deal with the dress?
>--
>Nan Curtis
>Information Resources Specialist I
>University of Michigan Media Union Library
>
>
>
>----------
>>From: Margaret Shannon <ShannonRBL@AOL.COM>
>>To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Jackie Kennedy's Pink Dress
>>Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2000, 12:46 PM
>>
>
>> Dear People:
>>
>> Mrs. Kennedy's pink suit needs to be left permanently in its box in the
NARA
>> vault for at least as long as the President's family, her family and her
>> children and grandchildren are living.
>>
>> Anyone who would even consider the possibility of asking to see it or see
it
>> displayed causes consternation.  Is there no decency left at all?
>>
>>
>> Margaret Shannon
>> WASHINGTON HISTORICAL RESEARCH
>> 4661 South 34th Street
>> Arlington, VA 22206-1701
>> ShannonRBL@aol.com
>>
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