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JFK's 1961 Inaugural Address User-Created Clip by zlowe March 31, 2023 This clip provides an archival recording of President John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address.
The Administration Inaugural address was ‘Classic Trump,’ with echoes of JFK, FDR by Mike Purdy, opinion contributor - 01/20/17 6:40 PM ET Getty Images ...
Seated in plane, John F. Kennedy, the President-elect, is reading draft of speech on Jan. 18, 1961 which he will use at his inauguration, as his plane carried him from New York City to Washington ...
1. Keep it short. JFK's inaugural address is 1,362 words long. The total time of delivery is under 14 minutes. It is the fourth-shortest inaugural address in history. 2. Study your predecessors.
On Jan. 16 and 17, 1961, at the Kennedy vacation compound in Palm Beach, Fla., Sorensen and JFK polished a near-final draft of the inaugural address and even typed it up on carbon paper.
It's been 50 years since John F. Kennedy delivered his 1,355-word inaugural address - destined to become one of the most oft quoted speeches of the 20th century. Here is the Jan. 20, 1961 speech: ...
The John F. Kennedy inaugural address was 50 years ago to the day – on Jan. 20, 1961. It remains an iconic American speech and is the subject of Google ’s Thursday home-page doodle.
The 14-minute inaugural's Cold War-era content, shaped by a World War II veteran for a country on the brink of cultural upheaval, is certainly outdated. Here and most everywhere else, the ...
President John F Kennedy would have been delighted to know that his inaugural address is still remembered and admired 50 years later. Like other great communicators - including Winston Churchill ...
President John F Kennedy would have been delighted to know that his inaugural address is still remembered and admired 50 years later. Like other great communicators - including Winston Churchill ...
Fifty years ago, the country was transfixed by JFK’s dazzling inaugural—overlooking the plain-spoken wisdom of Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address. Leslie H. Gelb on the advice that ...