Why was John F. Kennedys presidency called “Camelot”?
First…what is that first answer all about? There are actually a few reasons for this. The answer above is correct, Camelot came out on Broadway about the same time JFK won the presidency. But it was more then that. John F Kennedy was an extremely handsome and charismatic man (maybe the most charismatic that has ever held the White House). There was something almost regal about him and his beautiful young wife. America hadn’t seen a young couple like this in the White House, with their very good looking kids, in a very long time. They were the ideal image of a ‘royal family’. JFK and his brother Robert were also very idealistic. They wanted to help the lowest class in America in the early 60s, the black population, get a leg up and realize the American dream. They wanted to remove corruption in the unions. They sought (and failed) to ease relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. These were the new ideas of the young, almost as if they were sitting at a round table. The problem is tha
