This is the second part of the Do YOU remember? series.
This newspaper clip is a political cartoon of John F. Kennedy from the Marin IJ on April 28, 1961, eight days after the Bay of Pigs' invasion. It depicts Fidel Castro as a chicken exclaiming, “I have licked the eagle” as a rhetorical response to the American eagle that is the U.S. national bird. There is also a dead chick covered in blood resting next to a sign that says, “Barely hatched revolt”. This is referring to how the Bay of Pigs' Invasion was not executed properly. When Kennedy did not approve one of the crucial air strikes, many historians claim he crippled the success of the invasion. The newspaper reporters at the time were weary of what was going to become of the Kennedy administration's decision to claim responsibility of the invasion but, leaving out significant details was what, I believe, warranted this caricature.
This newspaper clip is a political cartoon of John F. Kennedy from the Marin IJ on April 28, 1961, eight days after the Bay of Pigs' invasion. It depicts Fidel Castro as a chicken exclaiming, “I have licked the eagle” as a rhetorical response to the American eagle that is the U.S. national bird. There is also a dead chick covered in blood resting next to a sign that says, “Barely hatched revolt”. This is referring to how the Bay of Pigs' Invasion was not executed properly. When Kennedy did not approve one of the crucial air strikes, many historians claim he crippled the success of the invasion. The newspaper reporters at the time were weary of what was going to become of the Kennedy administration's decision to claim responsibility of the invasion but, leaving out significant details was what, I believe, warranted this caricature.
By Sarah Jochumson, Collections Intern.
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