Telegram received by Peace Corps volunteer Halsey Beemer on Nov. 25, 1963

Object number2022.014.0001

Date11/25/1963

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ObjectTelegram

Credit LineHalsey Beemer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumPaper

Dimensions5 1/2 × 8 in. (14 × 20.3 cm)

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DescriptionTelegram 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 Received Bureau of Telecommunications 1 AB DUT 27 FT 120PM 61PD Baguio City Nov 25/63 Peace Corps Pilar Abra. From story as we are drown closer by heart breaks over the tragic death of our president it behoove those in the Peace Corps to carry on in the short tradition of this orga- nization which was more his than any one else I am sure you share with me a feeling of great personal loss. Flather...503PM

Curatorial Commentary

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