Their voices echoed in unison off the walls of Smith Hall in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. For Girouard, the moment was the culmination of a journey that began eight years ago.

The library was forced to close briefly after workers were fired as part of the Trump administration’s mass dismissal of federal employees.

JFK Library board member Stephen Kennedy Smith told CNN last week that the dismissed employees handled ticketing and public events at the library and did not make a lot of money.

The JFK library in Boston reinstated five staff members after layoffs due to a Trump executive order, allowing normal operations to resume.

Trump is haunted by the specter of a predecessor he can never eclipse and has an animus toward anything that bears John F. Kennedy’s name.

Most of the JFK Presidential Library and Museum workers who were suddenly let go by the Trump administration this week made less than $60,000.

JFK Presidential Library Reopens After Federal Employee Firings Led to Sudden Closure The library reopened its doors on Wednesday, Feb. 19 after federal employees were laid off due to an executive ...

The JFK Library in Boston abruptly closed on Tuesday due to an executive order by President Trump, a library spokesman said.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston closed abruptly Tuesday due to a "sudden dismissal of federal employees," but was expected to reopen Wednesday, officials said. The ...