When the American poet Robert Frost died in 1963, President John F. Kennedy stood up and addressed a memorial service gathered at Amherst College. “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, ...
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy traveled to Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was debated and signed, ...
On the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to deliver a major speech at the Trade Mart in Dallas, Texas. Moments earlier, as his motorcade was taking him there, he was ...
President John F. Kennedy on Sept. 12, 1962, delivered at Rice Stadium what would become one of his most famous speeches. Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, the president declared his goal to get a ...