JFK Library expected to reopen after executive order prompts temporary shutdown
Updated: 5:35 AM EST Feb 19, 2025
BUT THE JFK PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM WILL REOPEN TODAY AFTER AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS WHAT FORCED IT TO ABRUPTLY CLOSE. NOW, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, CLOSURE NOTICES WERE POSTED ON THE DOORS CITING A MASS FIRING OF FEDERAL WORKERS. AN EMPLOYEE DESCRIBED AN EMOTIONAL MEETING JUST BEFORE 2 P.M. THEY SAID SEVERAL PEOPLE LEFT IN TEARS AND UP TO NINE STAFF MEMBERS WERE LAID OFF. PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S LIVING RELATIVES BLAME PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK. VISITORS AT THE MUSEUM SAY THEY WERE TOLD TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS UPSETTING. YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE BIT TEARFUL. I YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO MY SON HE’S A HIGH SCHOOLER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON SO THAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF, OF WHAT’S GOING ON AND HOW IT’S IMPACTING US DAY BY DAY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. THE WORKERS WHO WERE FIRED TODAY ACTUALLY BRING IN REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. IT’S REALLY ABOUT STEALING THE PAST AND ABOUT GENERATING PROPAGANDA. JFK’S GRANDSON, JACK SCHLOSSBERG, SAYS THE DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES INSTRUCTED THE JFK LIBRARY TO FIRE STAFF. THE MUSEUM HAS NOT CONFIRMED HOW MANY JOBS WERE LOST. MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, WE URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND DOGE TO REVERSE COURSE SO THAT THE LIBRARY CAN CONTINUE EDUCATING VISITORS AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMY. THIS FACILITY IS ONE OF 16 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES MANAGED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
JFK Library expected to reopen after executive order prompts temporary shutdown
Updated: 5:35 AM EST Feb 19, 2025
The JFK Library in Boston will reopen Wednesday after a sudden closure due to an executive order from President Donald Trump, sparking public and political backlash.
The JFK Library in Boston will reopen Wednesday after a sudden closure due to an executive order from President Donald Trump, sparking public and political backlash.
