JFK Library and Museum - John F. Kennedy Speeches

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JFK Address at Vanderbilt University May 18, 2012

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President Kennedy added his weight to the federal government’s preparation for the impending clash with the state of Alabama over the integration of the University of Alabama.

JFK Address before the University of Washington Nov 16, 2011

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President John F. Kennedy arrived at Boeing Airport in Seattle, Washington on November 16, 1961 to deliver a major foreign policy speech at the University of Washington Centennial Convocation.

JFK Address for the General Assembly of the United Nations Sep 25, 2011

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President Kennedy stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, endorsing a complete and general disarmament, and challenging the Soviet Union to a “peace race.”

JFK Inaugural Address Jan 20, 2011

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On January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office from Chief Justice Earl Warren to become the 35th President of the United States. At age 43, he was the youngest man to be elected to the office of President.

JFK Address before Massachusetts State Legislature Jan 09, 2011

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President Kennedy returned to his home state of Massachusetts to appear before the state legislature to make his final formal public address before assuming the office of the President.

JFK Address before Greater Houston Ministerial Association Sep 12, 2010

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After coming under attack for his Catholic faith, presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy decided to try and defeat the issue by meeting it head-on before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in Houston, Texas.

JFK Acceptance Speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention Jul 15, 2010

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Senator John F. Kennedy appeared before a crowd of eighty thousand people in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to deliver his formal acceptance of the Democratic party’s nomination for President of the United States.

Senator John F. Kennedy reads the Declaration of Independence Jul 04, 2007

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In 1957, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy was invited by New York’s WQXR Radio to read the Declaration of Independence for a broadcast on July 4 to accompany the New York Times’ printing on that same day of a full page facsimile of the Declaration.

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