lee and her husband happen to be friends with onassis.nassis had offered her yacht, made available if they wanted to use it for mrs. kennedy's use. they decided it would be a good idea for her to get away for a while and that yacht would make an excellent platform to get away from everything. and president kennedy wanted her to do it. the staff are very concerned about her doing this. i was a pulley or political year coming up in 1964 they were concerned how it would look. but the president insisted she be permitted to do it. they toured the greek islands, went up into turkey, came back out it was a very, very pleasant cruise. >> in your opinion why did she end up marrying him? >> i believe it was after robert kennedy killed, she was very distraught about that. she was very concerned about the security of the children and her self even though she had secret service protection at the time up until she remarried she was still concerned. he offered something no one else could offer he owned a private island. that is where they lived. he had

kennedy cross paths with aristotle onassis, who said that? >> president kennedy gave me those instructions in 1961 when mrs. kennedy went to greece the first time she went there alone. she went with her-- alone, had her sister lee with her. she went there and she wanted to see the open air theater, on a yacht named the north wind, i believe it was, and the instructions from the president before-- i did my advance for the trip, was not to let mrs. kennedy cross paths with aristotle onassis and he gave me those instructions in the presence of his brother the attorney general. when i went back to the office i tried to research why. i didn't know exactly why and i found out that onassis was in legal trouble with the united states government and it appeared to me that the reason was for them not wanting the two to cross paths, it was going to be a political embarrassment for the president and for the party if she was seen in the company of aristotle onassis. >> how much did she spend around him? >> never saw him. >> in 1961. >> in 1961. never saw

and in 1978, jack when kennedy onassis purchased, a 375 acres of her state in gay head. so the the interaction with the vineyard continues and then in september 1980, former president nixon with his friend bebe raposo, actually spent time in georgetown harbor and visited the property of walter cronkite, who a house overlooking the harbor. now, in recent times, it's known that both bill clinton, barack obama loved the vineyard and spent summer vacations. it was really the presidential retreat, much more so than than camp david would be able to claim. and clinton visited. vineyard for the first time in august of 93. he actually did working vacation and went over crime legislation and and health care reform. you that was going to be his big impetus to get universal health care passed that was a lot of planning happened right here on the vineyard he returned in october of 1995 for the three day wedding celebration and for ted danson, dead. ted danson and, mary steenburgen and he gave his weekly radio address from the old whaling church in newtown in august of 97. it is claim

aristotle onassis yacht. fill in the rest of that sentence and. he he learns that the the ship has docked in new york and gets on the phone and says, i will send my plane and i would love to have mr. churchill come to the white. for a few days. and we will just talk. and churchill's assistant made the decision that that would not happen. and the reason that he he was frail. and he did not want all of the attention would be focused on. the visit to show in that condition. if and i think it was probably a smart decision on his part. so they don't meet but. about five or six months before kennedy is assessed unaided. he confers honor, citizenship on winston churchill. first time in american that honorary has been granted to someone from another country and he gives this tremendous speech and it's all glowing and that and in the book it struck me he says he kennedy churchill, mo mobile lives the english language age and sent it into battle. oh, isn't that a great. that's a great phrase. well, the person who wrote that phrase was the cbs journalist bro

alumni merit a word from his alma mater baldwin wallace college and the 2023 national jackie kennedy onassis award for outstanding public service benefiting local communities. this is quite a man. reggie has left an indelible mark on the ingleside neighborhood and the wider san francisco community and countless generations of young people who are now leaders and mentors to others. it demonstrates his immense creativity, his talent for revitalizing a struggling spiritual community, his undeniable passion for developing new opportunities for youth in his humble leadership as a champion of san francisco's african-american community. i am forever grateful to reggie for his compassion and his reminder that every person on this living earth can do something small to contribute to humanity. i will remember always the first two that i time that i met you that you gave me the little cards with saint francis prayer and i keep him in my office and i give them to people. >> thank you for everything you do. and with that i'm going to turn it over to supervisors chan and walton to say a few word. >> thank