Jackie Kennedy would have been shocked
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On Valentine’s Day in 1962, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy gave the world a televised tour of her home, the White House. Eighty million people saw the First Lady, in pearls and a bouffant hairdo, describe the history of the building and show off the renovations she was making to it.
In the style of the times, the CBS broadcast wasn’t titled as a tour with Jacqueline Kennedy but rather: “A Tour of the White House With Mrs. John F. Kennedy”
One striking fact emerged early in the program — Jackie Kennedy had been disappointed when she and her family moved into the White House. In fact, she had lamented the building’s condition even when she toured it as a child.
“It just seemed to me such a shame when we came here to find ha…
