05/05/2026
"Jack was so funny. He insisted we go into the Lincoln bedroom first, and despite his bad back he wanted to carry me across the threshold like like a bride. We got into the bedroom and he dropped me on the bed…Oh, we laughed so, but then, we went over to our bedroom and he picked me up and had trouble getting us both through the door!"
— Jackie Kennedy speaking about the Inauguration night at the White House to Walter Cronkite.
