[JOHN F. KENNEDY] * PSA * EARL WARREN + MANSFIELD Autograph JFK EULOGIES SIGNED
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HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AUTOGRAPHED JFK EULOGIES DELIVERED IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL NOVEMBER 24, 1963 SIGNED BY CHIEF JUSTICE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE & SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
"Eulogies to the Late President Delivered in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol November 24, 1963" four-page booklet containing the full text of the eulogies delivered in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol boldly signed by Senate Majority Leader MIKE MANSFIELD, Chief Justice EARL WARREN and Speaker of the House JOHN W. McCORMACK just two days after JFK's fateful Dallas trip.
A near identical signed copy of JFK's Eulogy was offered at auction in 2019 and sold for a whopping $1,875!
These eulogies were part of the ceremony at the beginning of the formal tradition of lying in state, a twenty-four hour period in which the president's casket lay in the Capitol Rotunda, surrounded by an Honor Guard, visited by hundreds of thousands of mourners paying their respects. The formal Senate document was printed by the United States Government Printing Office on December 12, 1963, and signed sometime afterward. An unsigned copy of the same program is on exhibit at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
The MANSFIELD, WARREN and McCORMACK autographs have been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA AUTHENTICATION SERVICES EXPERT EXAMINATION and encapsulated using PSA/DNAs proprietary sonically-sealed technology – your assurance of absolute authenticity. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE – quite simply one of the finest JFK assassination-related documents available on the market.
According to William Manchester's 1967 book, "The Death of a President", Jacqueline Kennedy wanted only Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield to deliver the eulogy in the Capitol Rotunda, having recalled the late president's praise of Mansfield at a White House dinner just one month before the assassination. However, since the Rotunda is officially under the jurisdiction of the U.S. House, it was considered inappropriate for the Senate Majority Leader to be designated as the sole speaker. Ultimately a compromise was reached for three eulogists: Mansfield, Speaker of the House John McCormack and Chief Justice Earl Warren. Manchester writes that Jacqueline Kennedy found Mansfield's eulogy to be "magnificent," comparing it to "...Lincoln's letter to the mother who had lost five sons in battle." Manchester himself describes it as "an authentic masterpiece..."
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