By Samuel Ward Stanton
Изображения американских кораблей 19 века. В основном гражданские, но есть и военные. К каждому кораблю есть небольшое описание. Язык английский.
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His grandfather, after all, had been mayor of Boston after being a congressman himself. “You are my namesake,” Honey Fitz told Jack once. “You are the one to carry on our family name. ” Like his grandfather, Jack spent time among the people, getting to know them and their concerns. ” He marched in parades all over the city, greeting people on the sidelines. The Kennedy clan put all of its energy behind Jack’s campaign, hosting house parties and gatherings to give people a chance to connect with him.
On December 2, 1954, a monumental vote was held in the Senate chambers to issue disapproval of McCarthy for exploiting the fears of the American people. The motion passed by a vote of 67 to 22. One senator was conspicuously absent that day and never voted. COURAGE AND DEFEAT With his back problems growing more severe, Jack relied more and more on crutches, though he made sure the media never saw them. In October of 1954, he underwent spinal surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
McCarthy had certainly disgraced the Senate, but Jack knew that many senators in the past had defended their ideals, even risking unpopularity to do so. He began working on a book about those senators, the little-known heroes of the government. Jackie helped him research it, making the countless trips to the library “A man does what he must—in spite of personal consequences, in spite of that Jack’s weakened state obstacles and dangers and pressures— prevented. ” Profiles in Courage, was — John F.