Lively atmosphere of the Kennedy administration in the 1960's. Spirit of America suddenly brought to a close at Kennedy's assassination. The term Camelot was applied to the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) by his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929-1994). Camelot refers to the seat of the court of the legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; it has come to mean a place or time of idyllic happiness.