To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis exhibit

On Dec. 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba. A timely exhibit at the JFK Library, "To the Brink," highlights the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 13 terrifying days when the world faced nuclear holocaust.  In the unsettling words of the introduction, "it was a close call — maybe the closest call in human history … and the end of civilization as we know it." In 1959, Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew dictator Fulgencio

On Dec. 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba. A timely exhibit at the JFK Library, "To the Brink," highlights the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 13 terrifying days when the world faced nuclear holocaust.  In the unsettling words of the introduction, "it was a close call — maybe the closest call in human history … and the end of civilization as we know it." In 1959, Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew dictator Fulgencio…