"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot..."

"When Jack quoted something, it was usually classical," she said, "but I'm so ashamed of myself ~ all I keep thinking of is this line from a musical comedy.

"At night, before we'd go to sleep, Jack liked to play some records;  and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record.  The lines he loved to hear were:  don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.

"She wanted to make sure that the point came clear and went on:  'There'll be great Presidents again ~ and the Johnsons are wonderful, they've been wonderful to me ~ but there'll never be another Camelot again.'"

~ Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 - 1994) First Lady of U.S.A.
Source:  An Epilogue by Theodore H. White for LIFE, 25th Anniversary Special. 1988.