Here's how JFK and Jackie really met

It all started with a simple dinner.


AtSeptember 12, 1953,John F. Kennedy andJacqueline BouvierThe love affair was placed in stone when theytied the node In Newport, Rhode Island. However, their love story started a year earlier, when they met in their future hometown of Washington, D.C.

The year was 1952. At the time, the politician was still a member of the Massachusetts Congress, campaigning to be senator. Bouvier, during this time,was working as the "Rubier Camera Girl" for theWashington time Herald.

To theHerald In the spring of 1952Bouvier was invited to a dinner in Georgetown, hosted by his friend and his journalist companionCharles Bartlett And his wife, Martha.

Little Bouvier knew, Bartlett also assured that his friend Jack Kennedy would be presumed. The barlettes were determined to bring these two people together - and fortunately, their efforts took their efforts when the journalist and the politician hit him immediately.

"She knew instantly that he would have a profound influence, perhaps disturbing, of his life," said Jackie's family friendMolly Thayeras citedSarah Bradford'sThe Queen of America: the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

After cocktails and a chicken casserole, the group played a portion of Charades, during which the Flirt of Kennedy and Bouvier launched a high speed kick, according toEdward Klein'sToo human: Jack's love story and Jackie Kennedy. Although Kennedy asked the new object of her affection for a drink, Bartlett remembered Klein that Bouvier went to another date. "Maybe another time?" she said. "Of course, another time" he murmured.

However, there was denied that the sparks had stolen between these two Future American cherries. In fact, Bouvier caught Kennedy's attention as no other woman has ever had. "My brother was really struck with her from the beginning when he met her for the first time at dinner," Jack's youngest brother,Ted Kennedy, Once claimed, according to Bradford's book.

Possibly acommitment calledJohn Husted And a few months later, Bouvier and Kennedy were finally able to start their yard. "The family members knew right away that she was very special for him," said Ted Kennedy. "He was fascinated by his intelligence: they read together, painted together, enjoyed good conversations together and walk together."

The duo quickly became serious and in the summer of 1953, Kennedy proposed to a Bouvier with aEmerald Engagement Ring and Diamond Van Cleef & Arpels.

As for home D.C. They met for the first time? TheWashingtonTo post Close in 2018 that Georgetown's red brick row house on the street Q was on the market for $ 1.725 million. AndScott Stewart, a polar story with an affinity for the Kennedys, has decided tobuy the house Who built the most famous couple in America.

"I like to think that the first couple ... spoke enthusiastically about their first appointment and the house," said StewartTo post. "It's neat for being woven in this fabric."

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