List of memorials to John F. Kennedy

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This is a list of memorials to John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.

Schools

• At Harvard University:
  • The Harvard Institute of Politics serves as a living memorial which promotes public service in his name.
  • The School of Government is known as the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• John F. Kennedy University opened in Pleasant Hill, California, in 1964 as a school for adult education.
• Hundreds of schools across the U.S. were named in Kennedy's honor. The first school in the United States named after him, while he was alive, had been the Kennedy Middle School, in Cupertino, California. In the week after Kennedy's death, the first schools renamed for him were the Kennedy Elementary School in Butte, Montana and the John F. Kennedy Middle School on Long Island in Bethpage, New York.^[1] Both schools held Board Meetings on November 26, at which time the new names were adopted.
• John F Kennedy Catholic School, in Hemel Hempstead, England
• John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Great Neck, New York, United States
• John Kennedy College, Mauritius
• In 1966, a new secondary school (for students aged 11–18) was founded in Coventry, England. Originally scheduled to be named in honour of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it was instead named President Kennedy School and Community College.
• Several schools in The Netherlands are named after him, including John F Kennedy-School in The Hague, John F. Kennedybasisschool in Volendam, Basisschool John F. Kennedy in Oss, Rooms Katholieke Basisschool John F. Kennedyschool in Arnhem, John F Kennedyschool in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, John F. Kennedy School in 's-Gravenzande, and Jenaplanschool John F. Kennedy in Zwijndrecht.
• John F. Kennedy High School (Montreal), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Airports and space center

• NASA's Launch Operations Center at Cape Canaveral was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Cape Canaveral itself was likewise renamed Cape Kennedy, but a referendum passed by Florida voters in 1973 reverted it to its original name.
• In New York City, the New York International Airport (formerly known as Idlewild Airport) was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963. Today, the airport is widely referred to as "JFK" which is now its IATA code.
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States.

Buildings

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

• The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Columbia Point in Dorchester, Massachusetts opened in 1979 as Kennedy's official presidential library.
• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in 1971 in Washington, D.C.
• The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building in Government Center, Boston.
• John F. Kennedy Stadium (Bridgeport), Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
• JFK Stadium (Springfield, Missouri), Springfield, Missouri, United States.
• One of the five residential towers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is named Kennedy Tower in his honor.
• The student union at the University of Dayton is named the John F. Kennedy Memorial Union, which opened in 1964.^[2]
• A bust of JFK and a building on science campus of the French-language university Université du Québec à Montréal named the pavilion Président-Kennedy are located at President Kennedy Street's western end in Montreal.
• In Cumberland, Maryland a low income residential apartment is named the "John F Kennedy Tower". It was dedicated by Maryland native and late brother-in-law of Kennedy, Sargent Shriver, in 1967.
• Philadelphia Municipal Stadium was renamed John F. Kennedy Stadium in 1964. It was razed in 1992 and its former location is now occupied by the Wells Fargo Center.

Roads and bridges

Bust of Kennedy, with UQAM President Kennedy Pavilion behind, on Président-Kennedy Avenue in Montreal

Asia

• Rue John Kennedy, a street in Beirut, Lebanon that was named in honor of President John F. Kennedy on November 30, 1963.^[3]
• Kennedy Street was the name of a street in Tehran, Iran, which was renamed Vahdat-e-Islami Street (Islamic Unity Street) after the Revolution of 1979.^[4]
• Kennedy Street, Netanya, Israel

Europe

• John F. Kennedy Estate, a street in Washington, England, near Washington Old Hall
• Avenue J. F. Kennedy (J. F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Luxembourg
• Avenue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Brussels, Belgium
• Avenue Président J. F. Kennedy (President J. F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Monaco, near Port Hercule
• J. F. Kennedylaan, a street in Sterrebeek, Belgium
• John F. Kennedy Street, a street in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
• John F. Kennedy Square, a square in Zagreb, Croatia
• John Kennedy Avenue, a street in Nicosia, Cyprus
• John Kennedy Street, a street in Zemun/Novi Beograd (runs through both municipalities) in north-west Belgrade, Serbia, 1.45 km in length.
• Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Vienna, Austria, finished in 1964 and named after John F. Kennedy, who met Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961.
• Kennedytunnel, one of the busiest highway tunnels in Europe, built in the 1960s in Antwerp, Belgium, and named after President Kennedy.
• Kennedy Avenue, a major highway in Istanbul, Turkey
• John Kennedylaan, a avenue in Ghent, Belgium

John F. Kennedy's square, a square in Aalborg, Denmark

France

• Avenue John-Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), formerly Avenue de Paris, a street in Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Avenue du Président John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Saint-Malo
• Avenue du Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Avenue), a street in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Béthune
• Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Lille
• Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), formerly Quai du Fossé, a street in Mulhouse
• Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), formerly Quai de Passy, a street running alongside the Seine in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement
• Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
• Avenue Président John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Dijon
• Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Dreux
• Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Narbonne
• Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Neufchâteau
• Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Soissons
• Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Orléans
• Boulevard John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Clermont-Ferrand
• Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Bourg-en-Bresse
• Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Corbeil-Essonnes
• Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Dijon
• Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Draguignan
• Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Vichy
• Boulevard du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Sens
• Boulevard Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Aix-en-Provence
• Boulevard Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Béziers
• Corniche Président John F. Kennedy, formerly Promenade de la Corniche, a street in Marseille, running along the sea front in the 7th and 8th arrondissements
• Cours John Kennedy (John Kennedy Walk), a street in Nantes
• Promenade J. Fitzgerald Kennedy (J.Fitzgerald Kennedy Promenade), formerly Boulevard de l'Atlantique, a promenade in Les Sables-d'Olonne
• Rue J. F. Kennedy (J. F. Kennedy Street), formerly Rue Jeanne d'Arc, a street in Metz
• Rue du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), formerly Rue de Cambrai, a street in Saint-Quentin
• Rue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Grenoble

Germany

• John-F.-Kennedy-Brücke (John F. Kennedy Bridge), a bridge over the Isar in Munich, formerly Herzog-Heinrich-Brücke, renamed in 1964
• Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge over the Rhine in Bonn
• Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Bremerhaven, completed in 1961 and named after Kennedy following his assassination.
• Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Hamburg, between the Binnenalster and Außenalster. Completed in 1953 and originally named Neue Lombardsbrücke, it was renamed Kennedybrücke after the assassination in 1963.
• Kennedystrasse (Kennedy Street), a street in Amberg
• Kennedystrasse (Kennedy Street), a street in Bergheim
• Kennedystrasse (Kennedy Street), a street in Maintal
• Kennedystrasse (Kennedy Street), a street in Oldenburg
• Kennedystrasse (Kennedy Street), a street in Puchheim

Italy

• Corso John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Rivoli
• Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Caserta
• Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Cosenza
• Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Naples
• Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Recale
• Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Salerno
• Via Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Pozzallo
• Viale Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Catania

Netherlands

• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Apeldoorn
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Baarn
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Breda
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Eindhoven
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Heerlen
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Rijswijk
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Rotterdam
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Valkenswaard
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Vught
• John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Helden
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Berlicum
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Drunen
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Geleen
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Hoensbroek
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Liempde
• Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Ulestraten

Spain

• Calle del Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Villafranca de los Barros
• Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Benidorm
• Calle Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Madrid (in the Getafe district)
• Carrer del President Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Banyoles
• Carrer del President Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Figueres
• Plaça de John F. Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Barcelona

North America

Bahamas

• John F. Kennedy Drive, a major roadway in New Providence

Barbados

• President Kennedy Drive, a major roadway in Bridgetown linking the Bridgetown Port with the Spring Garden Highway (also location of the Kensington Oval stadium).

Mexico

• Ejido John F. Kennedy, a communal farm in the state of Sonora.

Canada

• President Kennedy Avenue, a street in Montreal. Kennedy was a popular figure in predominantly Roman Catholic Quebec, and was honored with a street in Montreal.
• Route-du-Président-Kennedy, the official name of Quebec Route 173, a major north/south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. This road is also known as the old path from Québec city to Boston.

Dominican Republic

• Avenida John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a major roadway in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

United States of America

• John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Houston, Texas, an expressway that connects Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Parkway) to the main terminals of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
• John F. Kennedy Boulevard (State Road 60) in Tampa, renamed for Kennedy in 1964 by unanimous vote of the Tampa City Council. Kennedy visited Tampa on November 18, 1963, four days before his assassination.
• John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly Pennsylvania Boulevard, which runs from 30th Street Station to City Hall.
• John F. Kennedy Causeway, a major causeway in Miami, Florida
• John F Kennedy Memorial Causeway, formerly The North Padre Island Causeway, connecting Padre Island to the Texas mainland.
• John F. Kennedy Expressway, a major expressway in Chicago, renamed for Kennedy by unanimous vote of Chicago City Council a few days after the president's assassination.
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, carries Interstate 65 across the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The soon to be completed span was named in Kennedy's honor four days after his death.
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, a stretch of Interstate 95 in Maryland, running from the Baltimore Beltway to the State Line, where it becomes the Delaware Turnpike, which had been dedicated by President Kennedy on November 14, 1963, eight days before his assassination.
• John F. Kennedy Street, formerly Boylston Street, which runs from Harvard Square to the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Kennedy Memorial Drive, formerly known as the Oakland Road, runs from the end of Silver Street in Waterville, Maine to the center of town in Oakland, Maine. The roadway was under reconstruction from two lanes to four during the time of Kennedy's assassination. The upgraded roadway was dedicated in his honor.

Puerto Rico

• Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Arecibo
• Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Dorado
• Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Caguas
• Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Las Piedras
• John F. Kennedy Expressway, a segment of Puerto Rico state road (PR-2) in San Juan.

South America

• Avenida Kennedy (Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Avenida do Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Avenida do Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Oruro, Bolivia.
• Parque Kennedy (Kennedy Park), a park in Miraflores, Lima Province, Peru.
• Rua Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Avenida John F. Kennedy, a street in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
• Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Africa

• John Kennedy Library, Addis Ababa University, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Plazas and squares

Asia

• Kennedy-Guest House This Guest house is present in Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.^[5]
• John F. Kennedy Market in Larkana Sindh, Pakistan is named after President Kennedy.^[6]

Europe

• John-F.-Kennedy-Platz (John F. Kennedy Square), a square located in Berlin-Schöneberg in the location where Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963.
• Kennedy Memorial Park, formerly Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland officially renamed in 1965 in honour of Kennedy, who visited Galway city shortly before his assassination. There is also a bronze bust there to commemorate him.
• John F. Kennedys Plads (John F. Kennedy's Square), a square in central Aalborg, Denmark. Adjacent is a shopping mall and bus terminal called Kennedy Arkaden (The Kennedy Arcade).

Belgium

• John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Blankenberge
• John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Bruges
• Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Charleroi
• President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Ostend

France

• Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Blois
• Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Perpignan
• Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Angers
• Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Cherbourg
• Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Issy-les-Moulineaux
• Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Plérin
• Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Vanves

Italy

• Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Castelfiorentino
• Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in La Spezia
• Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Marotta
• Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Ravenna
• Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Rome, near the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Bellusco
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Celico
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Cirò Marina
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Forino
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Jesolo
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Lamezia Terme
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Loreto
• Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Qualiano

Netherlands

• John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Purmerend
• President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Beverwijk
• President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Leidschendam
• President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Kaatsheuvel
• President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Maastricht

Spain

• Plaça John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Barcelona

North America

• John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas, Texas, a square not far from the site of the assassination. The memorial consists of an empty platform with "John Fitzgerald Kennedy" engraved along its side, surrounded by a square cement enclosure with two openings.

South America

• John F. Kennedy Park in the Miraflores District in Lima, Peru commonly named Parque Kennedy is a central plaza which regularly has flea markets and art exhibitions.

Memorials, busts and statues

• John F. Kennedy Memorial, London, a bust by Jacques Lipchitz unveiled in 1965.
• John F. Kennedy Memorial stone and plaque, located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, was dedicated in May 1964 by the then Lord Mayor of Melbourne, His Worship the Right Honourable Edward Leo Curtis.

The John F. Kennedy memorial in Dallas, Texas.

• Yad Kennedy, a memorial to the U.S. president, was established on a crest in the Jerusalem Forest, part of which is designated the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest, on the southwest outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel, near Aminadav.
• A Kennedy memorial was established in Runnymede, England, where the Magna Carta was sealed.
• A bust of President Kennedy was dedicated on May 31, 1965 at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York. The bust was removed in 2003 for restoration, and reinstalled in 2010.

Bust by Jacques Lipchitz

• Jacques Lipchitz's bust of Kennedy at the Military Park in Newark, New Jersey was dedicated on November 11, 1965.
• A life size statue of President John F. Kennedy in the presidential statues across from the Puerto Rico Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• A bust of President Kennedy stands outside International Student House on Great Portland St in London. It was unveiled in May 1965 by Senator Robert Kennedy.
• A bust of President Kennedy by Hungarian-Canadian Paul Lancz (1919-2005) stands on President Kennedy Avenue (French: Avenue du Président-Kennedy) in Montreal. It was dedicated in 1986 and relocated in 2011 to a different site on the same street due to the development of the Quartier des spectacles.
• The J. F. Kennedy Memorial, a 1968 mosaic in Birmingham, England
• On June 29, 2008, Kennedy's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, unveiled a statue of her late brother at New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.^[7]
• A bust of President John F. Kennedy by Felix de Weldon at Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA - spqrfineart.com
• A bronze statue of John F. Kennedy by Isabel McIlvain on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House was dedicated on May 29, 1990.
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (Portland, Oregon)

Songs

• "Abraham, Martin and John," written by Dick Holler and recorded first by Dion; the title refers to assassination victims Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy. In the song, the lyrics mention Robert F. Kennedy ("Bobby"), as well.
• "He Was a Friend of Mine," recorded by The Byrds, was included on their 1965 album, Turn! Turn! Turn!. In The Byrds' version, the song's melody is altered and the lyrics are changed to lament John Kennedy's assassination.^[8]
• Jazz composer and arranger Oliver Nelson recorded a tribute album entitled The Kennedy Dream which used excerpts from Kennedy's speeches in 1967.

Other

John F. Kennedy memorial issue of 1964

• CR 501 has a 19-mile boulevard that goes from Bayonne, NJ up to Weehawken, NJ named after John F Kennedy Blvd in Hudson County, NJ
• The United States Postal Service honored Kennedy with two postage stamps, a 5¢ issued in 1964, and a Prominent Americans series (1965–1978) 13¢.
• The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was named on April 30, 1964, and served until March 23, 2007. A second USS John F. Kennedy is due to start construction in 2012, to be commissioned in 2018.
• The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is a National Historic Site that includes Kennedy's birthplace and childhood home in Brookline, Massachusetts and is open to the public.
• The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is a museum located in Hyannis, Massachusetts. It consists of a collection of photographs relating to the Kennedys and the times they spent vacationing on the Hyannis Port. It includes a video on the Kennedys, a Kennedy Family Tree, and a statue, "What Could Have Been", portraying John F. Kennedy walking on the beach with his adult son, John F. Kennedy, Jr..
• The main house of the historic Kennedy Compound in which the Kennedy family would spend their summers and which was Senator John F. Kennedy's home during his senator years (1953-1956) and as well as his main base during his successful 1960 presidential campaign, a place for meetings and interviews and a presidential retreat and summer White House until his assassination, was donated in 2012 to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in accordance with the promise Ted Kennedy made to Rose that the house be preserved and used for charity. The institute announced that the house would host educational seminars and that will be open to the general public at specific times as a museum, dedicated to the Kennedy family.^[9] As of 2014, the house is undergoing a complete restoration in order to appear exactly as it was in 1960.
• The Kennedy Homestead, birthplace of President John F. Kennedy’s great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy, is a cultural museum in Ireland that is dedicated to the Kennedy family and plays an important role in the continued preservation of the legacy of the Kennedys in Ireland.
• The Hyannis Armory which was the site of Kennedy's presidential acceptance speech is now owned by the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts and is open to the public.
• Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
• Since 1964, Kennedy's portrait has appeared on the half-dollar coin, replacing Benjamin Franklin.
• John F. Kennedy Medical Center is a hospital located in Edison, New Jersey.
• One of the Solomon Islands is named Kennedy Island.
• The city of Evansville, Indiana observed John F. Kennedy Day on November 22, 2003, to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.
• In February 2007, Kennedy's name, along with his wife's, was included on a list taken aboard the Japanese Kaguya spacecraft to the Moon, as part of The Planetary Society's "Wish Upon the Moon" campaign.^[10] In addition, they are included on the list onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission.
• The U.S. Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School is named after the president because of his support for the Army Rangers and Special Forces.
• John F. Kennedy Park in the Auckland suburb of Castor Bay in New Zealand.
• The exterior of 14 Prince's Gate, formerly the Royal College of General Practitioners in London, bears a plaque noting that Kennedy lived there as a boy when his father was US Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1940.
• The Historic Auto Attractions Museum, in Roscoe, Illinois, houses a large display dedicated to the president. Items on display include the 1956 Secret Service Cadillac which followed the car in which the President, Mrs. Kennedy, Governor and Mrs. Connally were riding; a replica of the 1963 Lincoln Continental used by the Kennedy; and several other items related to the Kennedy family, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.^[11]

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