Editing Runnymede (section)

=== John F. Kennedy Memorial ===
[[File:Runnymede-jfk.jpg|left|thumb|John F. Kennedy Memorial designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe]]

The British memorial for U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] was jointly dedicated on 14 May 1965,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Runnymede Memorial |url=https://www.kennedytrust.org.uk/display.aspx?id=1870&pid=0&tabId=230 |work=[[Kennedy Scholarship|Kennedy Memorial Trust]] |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede |url=https://www.kennedytrust.org.uk/display.aspx?id=1871&pid=0&tabId=230 |publisher=Kennedy Memorial Trust |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Jacqueline Kennedy]], prior to a reception for the [[Kennedy family]] at [[Windsor Castle]]. The memorial consists of a garden and [[Portland stone]] memorial tablet inscribed with the famous quote from his [[Inauguration of John F. Kennedy#Inaugural address|Inaugural Address]]:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede/features/memorials-at-runnymede | title = Memorials at Runnymede | publisher = National Trust | access-date = 19 October 2016 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|Let every Nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.}}

Visitors reach the memorial by treading a steep path of irregular granite steps, intended to symbolise a pilgrimage. There are 50 steps in total, representing the 50 states in the USA. Each step is different from all others, with the entire flight made from 60,000 hand-cut granite setts.<ref name="ntmon"/> Landscape architect [[Geoffrey Jellicoe]] designed the garden;<ref name="Times080565">{{cite news |date=8 May 1965 |title=Kennedy Family Coming For Memorial Inauguration |journal=[[The Times]] |location=London |issue=56316 |page=6 |quote=Mr Geoffrey Jellicoe, the architect for the site, said ... that the point of the memorial was the landscape rather than any physical monument}}</ref> sculptor [[Alan Collins (sculptor)|Alan Collins]] designed and carved the stone inscription.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsculptor.com/collect/index.html|title=Collections|last=Collins|first=Alan|work=Alan Collins Sculptor|publisher=Alan Collins|access-date=23 November 2009}}</ref> The area of ground on which the memorial is situated was given as a gift to the United States by the people of the United Kingdom, though the area remains under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.<ref name="Broughton" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egham.co.uk/info/jfk.html |title=Magna Carta Memorial and John F Kennedy Memorial |last=Anon |work=egham.co.uk |access-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208095822/http://egham.co.uk/info/jfk.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Evans  | first = D. M. Emrys  | title = John F. Kennedy Memorial Act, 1964 | journal = The Modern Law Review | volume = 28 | issue = 6 | pages = 703–706 | year = 1965  }}</ref> It is maintained by the [[Kennedy Memorial Trust]], which also sponsors educational scholarships for British students to attend university in the United States.

In 1968 the 7-ton stone was damaged by a bomb during a time of anti-[[Vietnam War]] demonstrations; it was later repaired by the sculptor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DI9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3862%2C5379553|title=Bomb mars JFK memorial|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=28 October 1968|work=[[St. Petersburg Times|St Petersburg Times]] |location=Florida |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>