John F. Kennedy

- Vincent Bugliosi's Epic Book 'Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy' to be a Ten-Part Miniseries
- Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Bill Paxton to Executive Produce

On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signed this executive order establishing the Peace Corps. On September 22, 1961, Congress approved the legislation that formally authorized the Peace Corps. Goals of the Peace Corps included: 1) helping the people of interested countries and areas meet their needs for trained workers; 2) helping promote a better understanding of Americans in countries where volunteers served; and 3) helping promote a better understanding of peoples of other nations on the part of Americans.    » read more »

Transcript of President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)

Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom--symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.    » read more »

John F. Kennedy (1961 - 1963)

On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.    » read more »

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, President Harry S. Truman , reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom--symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning--signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.    » read more »

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