The “custom money’’ from the Solomon Islands was laid on Kennedy’s grave in a ceremony attended by members of the Kennedy family in November. Below, Eroni Kumana (left) with American Mark Roche, who brought the shell money to the United States.
(Photos Courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library And Museum)
Kennedy Library displays tokens of war story
Islands ‘money’ recalls PT-109
The “custom money’’ from the Solomon Islands was laid on Kennedy’s grave in a ceremony attended by members of the Kennedy family in November. Below, Eroni Kumana (left) with American Mark Roche, who brought the shell money to the United States.
(Photos Courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library And Museum)
A simple, unadorned cream-colored piece of shell now on display at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is a token of a dramatic story from long ago and across the world. (Full article: 424 words)
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