Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.

I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the podcast. Today's episode is episode 61. In today's episode, we continue the epic transition from Parkland Hospital to Air Force One and the ensuing trip back to Andrew's Air Force Base.

We cover the time on the plane and a number of epic and related events, including the moment when

Robert Kennedy heard the news about his brother.

So, without further ado, let's listen to episode 61 of JFK,

The Enduring Secret. Hickory Hill was where Bobby and Ethel Kennedy lived.

It was the name of a beautiful Civil War era home that was located just outside of D.C. in McLean, Virginia.

Bobby had purchased the home from his brother Jack in 1957 in a fitting transition as

both moved up the political ladder in Washington.

It was beautiful, and it was situated close enough for Robert to commute back and forth

from home to the downtown offices of the Justice Department.

It was a fitting home for a Kennedy with its lush location and old world elegance, and it

came with its own history, too. In 1941, prior to the Kennedy's ownership, it became the home

of a newly appointed United States Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson.

It was a fitting place for the large and growing family of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, who would eventually have 11 children.

They were good Catholics, all right.

On Wednesday of that week, just two days before the assassination, Bobby had celebrated his 38th birthday.

His brother was the most powerful man in the world.

By virtue of that connection, his official role as the Attorney General of the United States may have placed him in the second

most powerful role in the country, and certainly one of the most powerful men in the world.

That year, it was still warm enough in Northern Virginia on the 22nd of November to have lunch

...