List of things named after John F. Kennedy

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This is a list of memorials to John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

Memorials, busts, and statues

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas
JFK statue outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston

In the United States

  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas
  • The Eternal Flame, JFK's final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C.
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial and bust in front of the Holy Cross Church in Holyoke, Massachusetts (dedicated in 1967)
  • John F. Kennedy Monument and Eternal Flame Memorial, in Forest Park, in Springfield
  • A bust of President Kennedy was dedicated on May 31, 1965, at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York. The bust was removed in 2003 for restoration, and reinstalled in 2010.
  • Jacques Lipchitz's bust of Kennedy at the Military Park in Newark, New Jersey was dedicated on November 11, 1965.
  • A life size statue of President John F. Kennedy in the presidential statues across from the Puerto Rico Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • A bust of President John F. Kennedy by Felix de Weldon at Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial located in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Ocean Street was dedicated on July 8, 1966.
  • A bronze statue of John F. Kennedy by Isabel McIlvain on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House was dedicated on May 29, 1990.
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in Portland, Oregon
  • A bust of John F. Kennedy in downtown Nashua, New Hampshire commemorates January 25, 1960 as the first campaign stop in Kennedy's bid for the presidency.
  • J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Kennedy Plaza, Long Beach, New York.
  • Kennedy Plaza in front of the Long beach city hall. A rectangular stone wall adorned with a bronze inscription plaque containing a relief of John F. Kennedy in proper left profile encircled by an inscription and a wreath of laurel leaves. The wall is installed in a pool of water.[1]

Outside the United States

  • John F. Kennedy statue in Colonia John F. Kennedy neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial, London, a bust by Jacques Lipchitz, which stands outside International Student House on Great Portland Street in London. It was unveiled in May 1965 by Senator Robert Kennedy. It originally stood on Marylebone Road and was moved to its present location in 2019.
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial stone and plaque, located in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, was dedicated in May 1964 by the then Lord Mayor of Melbourne, His Worship the Right Honourable Edward Leo Curtis.
  • Yad Kennedy, a memorial to the US president, was established on a crest in the Jerusalem Forest, part of which is designated the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest, on the southwest outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel, near Aminadav.
  • A Kennedy memorial was established in Runnymede, England, where the Magna Carta was sealed. The memorial is sited on an acre of land gifted to the United States.[2]
  • A bust of President Kennedy by Hungarian-Canadian Paul Lancz (1919-2005) stands on President Kennedy Avenue (French: Avenue du Président-Kennedy) in Montreal, Quebec. It was dedicated in 1986 and relocated in 2011 to a different site on the same street due to the development of the Quartier des spectacles.
  • The J. F. Kennedy Memorial, a 1968 mosaic in Birmingham, England
  • On June 29, 2008, Kennedy's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, unveiled a statue of her late brother at New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.[3]
  • Kennedy memorial in Quemú Quemú, Argentina built in 1967.
  • Kennedy Avenue in Istanbul, Turkey, the course of the road roughly follows the old city sea walls.
  • Avenue J.F. Kennedy in Monaco, the access road from the Sainte-Dévote Chapel down to the Port Hercule.
  • The square surrounding the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon was named President John F. Kennedy Square in 1964. However, following the Fall of Saigon, it was renamed Paris Commune Square (Công trường Công xã Paris).[4]
  • In Bellagio, Italy, a memorial to President Kennedy was inaugurated in June 2018 [5]

Cities

Schools

Kennedy School of Government building at Harvard University

In the United States

  • At Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts:
  • John F. Kennedy University opened in Pleasant Hill, California, in 1964 as a school for adult education.
  • Hundreds of schools across the US were named in Kennedy's honor. Several school claim to be the first in the United States named after him, while he was alive, among them John F. Kennedy High School in Cheektowaga, New York,[6] and John F. Kennedy Junior High School in Cupertino, California.[7] In the week after Kennedy's death, the first schools renamed for him were the Kennedy Elementary School in Butte, Montana, and the John F. Kennedy Middle School on Long Island in Bethpage, New York.[8] Both schools held board meetings on November 26, at which time the new names were adopted.
  • John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, in Burien, Washington
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Great Neck, New York, United States
  • John F. Kennedy University School of Medicine, a private, offshore medical college in Willemstad.
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial School (Biddeford, Maine)
  • John F. Kennedy High School (Los Angeles), Granada Hills, California[9]
  • John F. Kennedy High School (Fremont, California)
  • John F. Kennedy High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
  • John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, California)
  • John F. Kennedy High School (Guam)
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial High School (Woodbridge, New Jersey)
  • John F. Kennedy Middle School, (Enfield, Connecticut)
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary school, (Butte, Montana)

Outside the United States

Buildings

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC

Transportation facilities

Roads and bridges

Bust of Kennedy, with UQAM President Kennedy Pavilion behind, on Président-Kennedy Avenue in Montreal
Avenue Président-Kennedy in Paris
Corniche Président-John F. Kennedy in Marseille
Avenue John-F.-Kennedy in Luxembourg City
Sign on Rue John F. Kennedy in Differdange
President Kennedylaan in Amsterdam
Kennedybrücke in Hamburg
Kennedybrücke in Bonn
Kennedybrücke in Vienna
Kennedy Caddesi in Istanbul
John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City
Sign on John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, Maryland
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge linking Indiana with Kentucky
Kennedy Expressway, Chicago

Africa

Burkina Faso

Niger

Mauritius

Morocco

  • Avenue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Kénitra
  • Avenue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Safi

South Africa

Zambia

  • President Kennedy Street, a street in Kalulushi

Asia

Lebanon

Iran

  • Kennedy Square was the name of a square in Tehran, which was renamed Tohid Square after the Revolution of 1979.[13]

Israel

Europe

Austria

  • Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Vienna, finished in 1964 and named after John F. Kennedy, who met Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961.

Belgium

  • Avenue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Brussels
  • J. F. Kennedylaan, a street in Sterrebeek
  • John Kennedylaan, a street in Ghent
  • Boulevard John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a street in Mons
  • John Kennedylaan, a street in Ranst
  • John F. Kennedylaan, a street in Zelzate
  • John F. Kennedystraat, a street in As
  • John F. Kennedystraat, a street in Ingelmunster
  • Kennedylaan, a street in De Haan
  • Kennedylaan, a street in Grobbendonk
  • Kennedylaan, a street in Herentals
  • Kennedylaan, a street in Sint-Truiden
  • Kennedylaan, a street in Ypres
  • Kennedytunnel, one of the busiest highway tunnels in Europe, built in the 1960s in Antwerp, and named after President Kennedy
  • President J.F. Kennedykaai, a wharf in Bruges
  • President J.F. Kennedylaan, a street in Vilvoorde
  • President Kennedylaan, a street in Izegem
  • President Kennedylaan, a street in Kortrijk
  • President Kennedypark, a business park in Kortrijk
  • Rue du Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Aiseau-Presles

Cyprus

  • John Kennedy Avenue, a street in Nicosia

France

  • Avenue John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Avenue), a street in Mérignac
  • Avenue John-Kennedy (John Kennedy Avenue), formerly Avenue de Paris, a street in Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • Avenue du Président John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Saint-Malo
  • Avenue du Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Avenue), a street in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  • Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Béthune
  • Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Lille
  • Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), formerly Quai du Fossé, a street in Mulhouse
  • Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), formerly Quai de Passy, a street running alongside the Seine in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement
  • Avenue du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
  • Avenue Président John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Dijon
  • Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Dreux
  • Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Narbonne
  • Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Neufchâteau
  • Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Soissons
  • Avenue Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Orléans
  • Boulevard John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Clermont-Ferrand
  • Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Bourg-en-Bresse
  • Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Corbeil-Essonnes
  • Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Dijon
  • Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Draguignan
  • Boulevard John Kennedy (John Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Vichy
  • Boulevard du Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Sens
  • Boulevard Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Aix-en-Provence
  • Boulevard Président-Kennedy (President Kennedy Boulevard), a street in Béziers
  • Corniche Président John F. Kennedy, formerly Promenade de la Corniche, a street in Marseille, running along the sea front in the 7th and 8th arrondissements
  • Cours John Kennedy (John Kennedy Walk), a street in Nantes
  • Promenade J. Fitzgerald Kennedy (J.Fitzgerald Kennedy Promenade), formerly Boulevard de l'Atlantique, a promenade in Les Sables-d'Olonne
  • Rue J. F. Kennedy (J. F. Kennedy Street), formerly Rue Jeanne d'Arc, a street in Metz
  • Rue du Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Roanne
  • Rue du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), formerly Rue de Cambrai, a street in Saint-Quentin
  • Rue John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Grenoble
  • Rue John F Kennedy, a street in Paimpol

Germany

  • John-F.-Kennedy-Brücke (John F. Kennedy Bridge), a bridge over the Isar in Munich, formerly Herzog-Heinrich-Brücke, renamed in 1964
  • Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge over the Rhine in Bonn
  • Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Bremerhaven, completed in 1961 and named after Kennedy following his assassination.
  • Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge), a bridge in Hamburg, between the Binnenalster and Außenalster. Completed in 1953 and originally named Neue Lombardsbrücke, it was renamed Kennedybrücke after the assassination in 1963.
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Amberg
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Cologne, location of the Cologne Bonn Airport
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Bergheim
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Maintal
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Oldenburg
  • Kennedystraße (Kennedy Street), a street in Puchheim
  • Kennedyallee (Kennedy Avenue), a street in Frankfurt am Main
  • John F Kennedy Allee, a street in Pattonville

Ireland

  • John F Kennedy Avenue, a street in Dublin
  • John F Kennedy Drive, a street in Dublin
  • John F Kennedy Road, a street in Dublin
  • John F. Kennedy Arboretum, a park in Wexford

Italy

  • Corso John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Rivoli
  • Ponte John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge), a main bridge in Lecco
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Caserta
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Cosenza
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Ferrara
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Imola
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Naples
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Parma
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Recale
  • Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Street), a street in Salerno
  • Via Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Pozzallo
  • Viale Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Catania

Luxembourg

  • Avenue John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Luxembourg
  • Rue J. F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Differdange

Macedonia

Monaco

  • Avenue Président J. F. Kennedy (President J. F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Monaco, near Port Hercule

Netherlands

  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Apeldoorn
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Baarn
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Breda
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Eindhoven
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Heerlen
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Rijswijk
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Rotterdam
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Valkenswaard
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Vught
  • John F. Kennedylaan (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Helden
  • President Kennedylaan (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Akersloot
  • President Kennedylaan (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Amsterdam
  • President Kennedylaan (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Oegstgeest
  • President Kennedylaan (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Roosendaal
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Berlicum
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Drunen
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Geleen
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Hoensbroek
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Liempde
  • Kennedystraat (Kennedy Street), a street in Ulestraten

Serbia

Spain

  • Calle del Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Villafranca de los Barros
  • Calle John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Los Barrios
  • Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Benidorm
  • Calle Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Madrid (in the Getafe district)
  • Carrer del President Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Banyoles
  • Carrer del President Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Figueres

Turkey

United Kingdom

England
Scotland
  • John Kennedy Drive, a street in Thurso
  • John Kennedy Place, a street in Kilmarnock
  • President Kennedy Drive, a street in Stirling

North America

Bahamas

Barbados

Canada

  • President Kennedy Avenue, a street in Montreal, Quebec. Kennedy was a popular figure in predominantly Roman Catholic Quebec, and was honored with a street in Montreal
  • Route-du-Président-Kennedy, the official name of Quebec Route 173, a major north–south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. This road is also known as the old path from Québec city to Boston
  • Rue John-F.-Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in LaSalle, Quebec
  • Rue John-F.-Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Terrebonne, Quebec built in 1966 a few years after his assassination
  • Rue John-F.-Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Quebec City
  • Ecole secondaire John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy High School), a school in Montreal, Quebec

Curaçao

  • John F. Kennedy Boulevard, a major roadway that runs through the capitol city of Willemstad[14]

Dominican Republic

  • Avenida John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a major roadway in Santo Domingo

Mexico

CDMX (including Mexico State)
  • Avenida John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Avenue), a street in Mexico city
  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Mexico City
  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Nezahualcóyotl
  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Xonacatlán
Tlaxcala
  • Privada John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Lane), a street in Tlaxcala

United States

California
Delaware
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, a stretch of Interstate 95 in Delaware along the Delaware Turnpike, running from the Maryland border, where the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway continues south to Baltimore, north to Newport. The road had been dedicated by President Kennedy on November 14, 1963, eight days before his assassination.
Florida
Illinois
  • John F. Kennedy Expressway, a major expressway in Chicago, renamed for Kennedy by unanimous vote of Chicago City Council a few days after the president's assassination
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
  • Kennedy Memorial Drive, formerly known as the Oakland Road, runs from the end of Silver Street in Waterville, Maine to the center of town in Oakland, Maine. The roadway was under reconstruction from two lanes to four during the time of Kennedy's assassination. The upgraded roadway was dedicated in his honor.
Maryland
  • John F. Kennedy Drive, a street in Hagerstown
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, a stretch of Interstate 95 in Maryland, running from Baltimore to the Delaware border, where it becomes the Delaware Turnpike, which is also the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. The road was formerly called the Northeast Expressway. The road had been dedicated by President Kennedy on November 14, 1963, eight days before his assassination.
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas

Puerto Rico

  • Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Arecibo
  • Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Dorado
  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Caguas
  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Las Piedras
  • John F. Kennedy Expressway, a segment of Puerto Rico state road (PR-2) in San Juan.

Oceania

Australia

South Australia
Victoria

New Zealand

South America

Bolivia

  • Calle Kennedy (Kennedy Street), a street in Oruro

Brazil

Acre
  • Travessa Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Lane), a street in Feijó
Amazonas
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Manaus
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Manaus
Bahia
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Itabuna
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Prado
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Candeias
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Salvador
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Santo Amaro
Espírito Santo
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Colatina
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Guarapari
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Linhares
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Montanha
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Serra
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Vila Velha
Goiás
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Anápolis
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Edéia
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Jaraguá
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Mineiros
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Francisco de Goiás
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Guapó
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Inhumas
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Iporá
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Jataí
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Rio Verde
Maranhão
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Lago Verde
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Poção de Pedras
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Bacuri
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Bela Vista do Maranhão
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Caxias
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Mirinzal
Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Dourados
Minas Gerais
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Janaúba
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Lagoa Santa
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Montes Claros
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Nova Lima
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Uberlândia
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Palma
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Três Marias
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Uberaba
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Brumadinho
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Buritizeiro
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Contagem
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Gonzaga
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Itabirito
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Nova União
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Pedro Leopoldo
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in São José da Lapa
Pará
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Parauapebas
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Castanhal
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Santarém
Paraíba
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in João Pessoa
Paraná
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Curitiba
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Dois Vizinhos
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Ponta Grossa
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Sebastião da Amoreira
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Jataízinho
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Assis Chateaubriand
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Cambé
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Cascavel
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Douradina
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Matinhos
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Nova Esperança
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Pato Branco
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Porecatu
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Toledo
Pernambuco
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Recife
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Jaboatão dos Guararapes
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Olinda
Piauí
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Teresina
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Miguel Leão
Rio de Janeiro
  • Avenida Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Miguel Pereira
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Duque de Caxias
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Gonçalo
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São João de Meriti
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Rio de Janeiro
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Duque de Caxias
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Nova Iguaçú
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Valença
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy(President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Barra Mansa
Rio Grande do Norte
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Caicó
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Currais Novos
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Mossoró
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Natal
Rio Grande do Sul
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Flores da Cunha
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Bom Jesus
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Carlos Barbosa
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Frederico Westphalen
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Horizontina
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Paraí
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Sapiranga
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Vacaria
Santa Catarina
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Lages
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Carlos
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São José
  • Rua John F Kennedy (John F Kennedy Street), a street in Chapecó
  • Rua Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Street), a street in Blumenau
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Criciúma
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Joinville
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Ouro
São Paulo
  • Avenida Kennedy (Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Bernardo do Campo
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Barueri
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Caieiras
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Diadema
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Osasco
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Piracicaba
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Praia Grande
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Ribeirão Preto
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Rio Claro
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in São Caetano do Sul
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Vargem Grande Paulista
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Ferraz de Vasconcelos
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Monte Alto
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Salto
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Vinhedo
  • Rua John Kennedy (John Kennedy Street), a street in Votuporanga
  • Avenida Presidente John F Kennedy (President John F Kennedy Avenue), a street in Águas de São Pedro. It was named by the municipal Law no. 227 of 4 February 1964,[17] but the avenue was later renamed by the municipal Law no. 1,358 of 5 December 2006 as Avenida Ângelo Nogueira Vila (Ângelo Nogueira Vila Avenue).[18]
  • Rua Presidente John F Kennedy (President John F Kennedy Street), a street in Mogi Guaçú
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Bauru
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Descalvado
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Franca
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Guarujá
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Itapira
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Mogi Mirim
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Paranapiacaba, Santo André
Tocantins
  • Avenida Presidente John Kennedy (President John Kennedy Avenue), a street in Porto Nacional
  • Avenida Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Avenue), a street in Araguaína
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Augustinópolis
  • Rua Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Street), a street in Sampaio

Chile

Ecuador

  • Avenida John F. Kennedy, a street in Quito

Paraguay

Peru

  • Calle John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Street), a street in Trujillo

Parks, plazas, and squares

John F. Kennedy Plads in Aalborg
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz in Schöneberg, Berlin
Plaça John F. Kennedy in Barcelona

Asia

  • Kennedy-Guest House This Guest house is present in Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.[19]
  • John F. Kennedy Market in Larkana Sindh, Pakistan is named after President Kennedy.[20]

Europe

  • Kennedy Memorial Park, formerly Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland officially renamed in 1965 in honour of Kennedy, who visited Galway city shortly before his assassination. There is also a bronze bust there to commemorate him.

Belgium

  • John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in front of the city hall of Blankenberge
  • John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Bruges, in the Assebroek area
  • Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Charleroi
  • President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a roundabout in Ostend at the end of the A10 motorway
  • J. F. Kennedyplein (J. F. Kennedy Square), a square in Zaventem

Croatia

  • Trg John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy square), a square in Zagreb

Denmark

  • John F. Kennedys Plads (John F. Kennedy's Square), the square in front of the railway station in Aalborg. Adjacent is a shopping mall and bus terminal called Kennedy Arkaden (The Kennedy Arcade).

France

  • Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Blois
  • Place John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Perpignan
  • Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Angers
  • Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Cherbourg
  • Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Issy-les-Moulineaux
  • Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Plérin
  • Place du Président Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in Vanves

Germany

  • John-F.-Kennedy-Platz (John F. Kennedy Square), a square located in Berlin-Schöneberg, formerly Rudolph-Wilde-Platz, the location where Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963. Renamed 3 days after Kennedy's assassination.

Italy

  • Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Castelfiorentino
  • Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in La Spezia
  • Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Marotta
  • Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Ravenna
  • Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square), a square in Rome, near the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Bellusco
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Celico
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Cirò Marina
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Forino
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Jesolo
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Lamezia Terme
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Loreto
  • Piazza Kennedy (Kennedy Square), a square in Qualiano
  • Piazza JF Kennedy (John F Kennedy Square), a square in Vico Equense

Netherlands

  • John F. Kennedyplein (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Purmerend
  • President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Beverwijk
  • President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Leidschendam
  • President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Kaatsheuvel
  • President Kennedyplein (President Kennedy Square), a square in Maastricht

Spain

  • Plaça John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Barcelona
  • Plaza de John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Square), a square in Málaga

North America

John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts

South America

Brazil

  • Praça John Fitzgerald Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Square) in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo
  • Praça Presidente Kennedy (President Kennedy Square), a square in São Paulo

Peru

Songs

Other

John F. Kennedy memorial issue of 1964
Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 2018
Mount Kennedy in Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada
  • The United States Postal Service honored Kennedy with two postage stamps, a 5¢ issued in 1964, and a Prominent Americans series (1965–1978) 13¢.
  • The US Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was named on April 30, 1964, and served until March 23, 2007. A second USS John F. Kennedy was commissioned in 2019.
  • The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site is a National Historic Site that includes Kennedy's birthplace and childhood home in Brookline, Massachusetts and is open to the public.
  • The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is a museum located in Hyannis, Massachusetts. It consists of a collection of photographs relating to the Kennedys and the times they spent vacationing on the Hyannis Port. It includes a video on the Kennedys, a Kennedy Family Tree, and a statue, "What Could Have Been", portraying John F. Kennedy walking on the beach with his adult son, John F. Kennedy Jr.
  • The main house of the historic Kennedy Compound in which the Kennedy family would spend their summers and which was Senator John F. Kennedy's home during his senator years (1953-1956) and as well as his main base during his successful 1960 presidential campaign, a place for meetings and interviews and a presidential retreat and summer White House until his assassination, was donated in 2012 to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in accordance with the promise Ted Kennedy made to Rose that the house be preserved and used for charity. The institute announced that the house would host educational seminars and that will be open to the general public at specific times as a museum, dedicated to the Kennedy family.[24] As of 2014, the house is undergoing a complete restoration in order to appear exactly as it was in 1960.
  • The Kennedy Homestead, birthplace of President John F. Kennedy's great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy, is a cultural museum in Ireland that is dedicated to the Kennedy family and plays an important role in the continued preservation of the legacy of the Kennedys in Ireland.
  • The Hyannis Armory which was the site of Kennedy's presidential acceptance speech is now owned by the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts and is open to the public.
  • Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
  • Since 1964, Kennedy's portrait has appeared on the half-dollar coin, replacing Benjamin Franklin.
  • John F. Kennedy Medical Center is a hospital located in Edison, New Jersey.
  • Mount Kennedy is a peak in the Saint Elias Mountains in Yukon, Canada; named after the President following his assassination
  • One of the Solomon Islands is named Kennedy Island
  • The city of Evansville, Indiana observed John F. Kennedy Day on November 22, 2003, to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.
  • In February 2007, Kennedy's name, along with his wife's, was included on a list taken aboard the Japanese Kaguya spacecraft to the Moon, as part of The Planetary Society's "Wish Upon the Moon" campaign.[25] In addition, they are included on the list onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission.
  • The US Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School is named after the president because of his support for the Army Rangers and Special Forces.
  • John F. Kennedy Park in the Auckland suburb of Castor Bay in New Zealand
  • The exterior of 14 Prince's Gate, formerly the Royal College of General Practitioners, in London, bears a plaque noting that Kennedy lived there as a boy when his father was US Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1940.
  • The Historic Auto Attractions Museum, in Roscoe, Illinois, houses a large display dedicated to the president. Items on display include the 1956 Secret Service Cadillac which followed the car in which the President, Mrs. Kennedy, and Governor and Mrs. Connally were riding when Kennedy was assassinated; a replica of the 1963 Lincoln Continental used by the Kennedy; and several other items related to the Kennedy family, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby.[26]
  • A low-cost housing complex in the Jardín Balbuena neighborhood of Mexico City was dedicated to President Kennedy and named after him in 1964. Senator Robert Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos inaugurated it on November 17.[27]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Martinvl (27 February 2016). "JFK Memorial, Runnymede". Retrieved 17 June 2022 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. ^ Mac Cormaic, Raudhán (2008-03-20). "Kennedy Smith recalls 'wonderful memories' of brother's 1963 visit". Top Story. The Irish Times. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  4. ^ "Saigon Honors Kennedy, Square Named For Him". The New York Times. 31 May 1964. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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  6. ^ "JFK: First School to be Named after 35th President". WGRZ. November 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "Cupertino has 3 new schools". Peninsula Times Tribune. August 13, 1962 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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  10. ^ "Hong Kong Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre". web.jfk.edu.hk/school/schoolweb/eng/index.htm. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  11. ^ Association of College Unions International "Union Spotlight: John F. Kennedy Memorial Union, University of Dayton". Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  12. ^ Middle East forum, Volumes 39-40, page 112
  13. ^ Jason Elliot. Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran. Picador. p. 15.
  14. ^ John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Willemstad, Curacao
  15. ^ "Boylston St. Renamed to Honor JFK | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  16. ^ "Mayor Mitchell proposes Route 18 name change to John F. Kennedy Boulevard". New Bedford Guide. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  17. ^ "LEI Nº 227 DE 4 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1964" [LAW NO. 227 OF 4 FEBRUARY 1964] (PDF). Águas de São Pedro Municipal Council (in Portuguese). SINO Informática. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  18. ^ "LEI Nº 1358 DE 5 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2006" [LAW NO. 1358 OF 5 DECEMBER 2006] (PDF). Águas de São Pedro Municipal Council (in Portuguese). SINO Informática. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Kennedy Guest House:Siddaganga Institute Of Technology, Tumkur". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
  20. ^ Larkana, Chamber of Commerce. "John F. Kennedy". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  21. ^ Montréal, Ville de. "Parc John F.-Kennedy". montreal.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  22. ^ "JFK Was the First U.S. President to Visit Costa Rica". 27 April 2013.
  23. ^ Fricke, David. (1996). Turn! Turn! Turn! (1996 CD liner notes).
  24. ^ "Main House At Kennedy Compound Given To Institute". WBUR. January 30, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  25. ^ "Send a New Year's Message to the Moon on Japan's SELENE Mission: Buzz Aldrin, Ray Bradbury and More Have Wished Upon the Moon" (Press release). The Planetary Society. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
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  27. ^ "Cuando gringos construyeron departamentos en Balbuena". El Universal (in Spanish). 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

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