Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963
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Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963
Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer, from the local Peace Corps office on November 25, 1963. Beemer served in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. The telegram is about the death of President Kennedy and reads as follows:Telegram ReceivedBureau of Telecommunications1 AB DUT 27 FT 120PM 61PDBaguio City Nov 25/63Peace CorpsPilar Abra.From story as we are drown closer by heart breaks overthe tragic death of our president it behoove those in thePeace Corps to carry on in the short tradition of this orga-nization which was more his than any one else I am sure youshare with me a feeling of great personal loss.Flather...503PM
Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963
11/25/1963
Paper
5 1/2 × 8 in. (14 × 20.3 cm)
Halsey Beemer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.014.0001
Halsey Beemer met and married his wife, Jane, while serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. He recorded an oral history with the Museum on May 4, 2022, which may be viewed in full here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73156. During the interview, Mr. Beemer read and discussed this telegram from the weekend of the assassination. He very generously decided to donate the original telegram to the Museum less than one week later. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963
Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer, from the local Peace Corps office on November 25, 1963. Beemer served in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. The telegram is about the death of President Kennedy and reads as follows:Telegram ReceivedBureau of Telecommunications1 AB DUT 27 FT 120PM 61PDBaguio City Nov 25/63Peace CorpsPilar Abra.From story as we are drown closer by heart breaks overthe tragic death of our president it behoove those in thePeace Corps to carry on in the short tradition of this orga-nization which was more his than any one else I am sure youshare with me a feeling of great personal loss.Flather...503PM
Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963
11/25/1963
Telegram
Volunteers
Kennedy, John F.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps Volunteer
Philippines
Paper
5 1/2 × 8 in. (14 × 20.3 cm)
Halsey Beemer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.014.0001
Halsey Beemer met and married his wife, Jane, while serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines from 1962 to 1965. He recorded an oral history with the Museum on May 4, 2022, which may be viewed in full here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73156. During the interview, Mr. Beemer read and discussed this telegram from the weekend of the assassination. He very generously decided to donate the original telegram to the Museum less than one week later. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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