This is a lot of memorabilia relating to the assassination and funeral of US President John F Kennedy in 1963. This single owner lot came from the estate of the family of Sebastian Ruggeri, a lawyer and friend of JFK whom worked on the campaign for the senator and future president of the United States. The lot includes the following:

~Newsday newspaper dated Saturday, November 23, 1963

~Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper dated Monday, November 25, 1963

~Boston Globe Sunday newspaper Memorial Issue insert dated December 8, 1963

~Four (4) tickets to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Library Dinner held in Springfield, Massachusetts on Wednesday, May 27, 1964.

Commemorative Poem pamphlet

~Pamphlet reviewing Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s "A Thousand Days- John F. Kennedy in the White House"

Ruggeri family Allegheny Airlines ticket receipt to attend the funeral serviced of JFK in Washington, D.C.. The ticket carbon copy is dated 11-23-63.

Sebastian "Buster" Ruggeri personal photo album of his trip to Washington, D.C. It includes images of the flag covered coffin in the Rotunda and the funeral procession.

~Hardcover book "The Associated Press Story of the Death of the President", which attempts to chronicle and make sense of the four days in November of 1963, which turned the tide of US history.
The Newsday newspaper, the largest item, is 15 1/2 x 12 1/2"

In overall very good condition consistent with age and use. The newspapers exhibit toning, scattered small tears and losses, folds, and some brittleness. Expected wear to the other paper paraphernalia.