Centennial Stamp In Honor of JFK Issued

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the  youngest U.S. president to be elected into office in 1960, and his 100th birthday  would be May 29, Memorial Day 2017.  According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, a forever stamp was issued yesterday by the U.S. Postal Service.t , President’s Day in his honor John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Mass. The stamps are available today in all U.S. Post Offices , according to Mark Saunders, the post office department’s media contact .  The stamps cost .$49 each. The stamp  features a 1960  photo of Kennedy by Ted Spiegel taken in Seattle while he was on the campaign trail . Artwork on the stamp shows the late president in a reflective pose  is a 1970 oil painting by Aaron Shikler through the White House Historical Association Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy’s grandson , said in a news release that ” our family is honored that the Postal Service is commemorating  my grandfather with this stamp.” Kennedy visited Aliquippa, on October 12, 1962.  Kennedy Boulevard is named for the late president.


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