Following the death of John F. Kennedy Jr., many people want topay respects or explain Kennedy family history to their children.Here are 10 places of pilgrimage across the United States:Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, (617)929-4500.
Twenty-one exhibits cover the life, work and family of John F.Kennedy. All exhibits are permanent except for those in theCentennial Room, which houses visiting exhibits involving ceremonialculture and the arts associated with the Kennedy White House years.
A 17-minute introductory film is shown daily in the library's twotheaters and is repeated every 20 minutes until 3:55 p.m. Exhibitsinclude a Cuban Missile Crisis film, a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisexhibit and a repository for Ernest Hemingway memorabilia.
Admission is $8 for adults; $6 for seniors and college students,$4 for students age 13-17. Others free. Visitors can signcondolence books at the JFK Library and the nearby John. F. KennedyNational Historic Site in Brookline, Mass. The books eventually willgo to the Kennedy family. New York
Apartment of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn BessetteKennedy, 20 N. Moore St., New York City.
The late couple's home is in the TriBeCa section of lowerManhattan, and the sidewalk out front became a makeshift memorial ofpersonal notes, floral tributes and candles - just as the lawns ofKensington Palace in London did after the death of Diana, princess ofWales. Floral tributes are being sent to charities.
Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th St., New York, (212) 876-7718.
The small Catholic church frequented by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisand her family and the church chosen by Caroline Schlossberg for amemorial service for John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn BessetteKennedy.
To inquire about masses, call (212) 876-7718. Florida
La Guerida, 1095 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Front Estates, Palm Beach,Fla.
The Kennedy winter home established by family patriarch Joseph in1933 is about one hour north of Miami. Named La Guerida by itsbuilder in 1925, it first was the home of Philadelphia departmentstore magnate Redman Wanamaker, who sold the estate to Kennedy for$120,000.
The Mediterranean revival style complex became known as the"winter White House," during Kennedy's presidency. It was sold in1995 for $4.9 million and is now a private residence. Texas
The Sixth Floor Museum, Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm St., Dallas, (214)747-6660 or www.jfk.org.
Located on the sixth floor of the former Texas School BookDepository, from which Lee Harvey Oswald is suspected of havingassassinated President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, this once-macabresite has become a premier Dallas tourist draw with exhibits on thelife, times, death and legacy of JFK.
On exhibit: 400 historic photos, interviews on video, artifacts,interactive attractions and family-friendly exhibits. The site isnow recognized as the Dealey Plaza National Historic LandmarkDistrict.
Open daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas) 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Admission is $6 for adults; $5 for senior citizens 65 years old andup; $5 for students. Children under 6, free. California
Ambassador Hotel, 3400 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
Built between 1919 and 1921 on the site of a dairy farm onWilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, the 24-acre resort hostedearly Academy Awards banquets. It probably will be best-known as thesite where Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, making a victory speech after theCalifornia presidential primary June 5, 1968, was gunned down bySirhan Sirhan. The hotel closed in 1990 and is expected to bedemolished. Washington, D.C.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Call (800)444-1324. or visit www.kennedy-center.org.
Opened to the public in 1971, this "living memorial" to the slainpresident actually was begun in 1955 when President Dwight Eisenhowersigned legislation approving plans for a national cultural center.Upon his election, JFK took an active role in raising money forconstruction of the center.
Two months after his assassination, Congress designated theproject a memorial to JFK. The center contains three performing artstheaters, a movie theater, library and grand halls and foyers. Ofspecial note is a bust of JFK by sculptor Robert Berks. According tosome visitors, it changes as viewers walk around it, looking youngeron one side and older on the other.
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Perhaps the best-known tribute to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, theWhite House as it is seen today is the result of a major fund-raisingand renewal effort made by the first lady during her 1,000 daysthere.
Jacqueline hired some of the nation's best curators of Americanart, furniture and accessories to redecorate and repurchase lostitems to restore what she called "the nation's house" to illustratethe best of U.S. work.
White House tours are open to the public mornings only, Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays. Tours are free, but schedules and availability offree tickets are subject to last-minute changes.
Call (202) 456-7041.
Holy Trinity Church, 36th Street between N and O streets,Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., (202) 337-2840.
This small parish church in the Colonial area of Georgetown waswithin walking distance of the home of young Sen. John F. Kennedy andhis wife until they moved into the White House. It was their primaryWashington, D.C., house of worship. Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery. For more information, visit the Website at www. arlingtoncemetery.com
Located on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, this cemeteryof U.S. veterans and heroes since the years following the Civil Waris the final resting place of John F. Kennedy, his widow JacquelineBouvier Kennedy Onassis and two of their children - an unnameddaughter stillborn on Aug. 23, 1956, and a son, Patrick Bouvier, wholived two days after being born Aug. 7, 1963.
The stillborn daughter had been buried in Brookline, Mass., buther grave was moved to Arlington after her father's death.
Nearby is the grave of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, marked by a simplewhite cross.
Open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 1 through Sept. 30 and from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 1 through March 31. Free.
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