John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Church of the Holy Trinity
[Rendering of the Seal of the President of the United States]
In Memoriam
Within the hallowed walls of the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in
Georgetown, D.C. worshiped the late President of the United States, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, the first Catholic to hold that exalted office. This
martyred chief executive also prayed in this church as a member of the
House of Representatives and as a United States Senator when he resided
in Georgetown. It was here that he attended his last Mass in Washington
of the Feast of All Saints, November 1, 1963, shortly before his
untimely death by an assassin’s bullet on November 22, 1963, in Dallas,
Texas.
May he rest in peace eternal.
“Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill.”
(From Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem Requiem.)
[Rendering of Lt. Kennedy’s WWII motor torpedo boat, “PT-109"]
Marker is on 36th Street, NW north of N Street, NW, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
