Web archive makes Kennedy virtually real for new generation

By Lauren Keiper | China Daily | Updated: 2011-01-15 07:46

Caroline Kennedy, president of the Kennedy Library Foundation, participates in an event at the National Archives to unveil former US president John F. Kennedy's online archive on Thursday in Washington DC. The National Archives announced that thousands of documents and hours audio recordings from the Kennedy's Archive with be available online to the public. Mark Wilson / Getty Images / AFP

BOSTON - Thousands of documents, photos and even recorded phone conversations of former US president John F. Kennedy are going online and available to a whole new generation of high-tech armchair historians.