
Construction workers working on the Municipal Building paused to watch the motorcade, "dangling their legs above the street from unfinished parts of the building" ( The Seattle Times). Police reports estimated the number at 25,000 to 30,000 in one report and 50,000 in another. Greater Seattle, Inc., which organized the event, estimated the crowd to be 90,000. Twenty-six different bands serenaded the president. Spectators overflowed the streets and threw confetti from buildings. On a clear, crisp November day, President Kennedy, Senator Magnuson, and Washington Governor Albert Rosellini (1910-2011) rode an open convertible in a 20-automobile presidential motorcade from Boeing Field to a 15-block long "Welcome Lane" extending along 4th Avenue from Jefferson Street to Stewart Street. Magnuson, like Kennedy a Democrat, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936.

He is also in Seattle to attend a dinner that evening celebrating the 25th anniversary of Senator Warren Magnuson (1905-1989) in Congress.


Kennedy (1917-1963), the 35th president of the United States, delivers a major foreign policy speech at the University of Washington Centennial Convocation. That’s the one risk I’m not willing to take.On November 16, 1961, President John F. But while it’s getting harder and harder to resist Jake’s oozing sex appeal and cocky grin, I refuse to fall for him. My father would kill me, my friends will revolt, and my post-college career is on the line. Nothing good can come from sneaking around with Jake Connelly. Which means this bad girl is in big trouble. But fate is cruel-I require his help to secure a much-coveted internship, and the sexy jerk isn’t making it easy for me. Harvard’s star forward is arrogant, annoying, and too attractive for his own good. As the daughter of Briar’s head hockey coach, I’d be vilified if I hooked up with a player from a rival team. But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy.

They’re only partly right-I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy.
