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President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 452 ] [ 453 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 454 ]
Frost noted that this was the first time a poem had been read at a presidential inauguration, a trend which would continue. This was an historical milestone because it united poetry with politics. He made allusion to Kennedy's book Profiles in Courage as indicative of the courageous political leader that Kennedy exemplified.
“The Gift Outright” was not originally intended to be read by itself at Kennedy’s inauguration. The poem titled “For John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration” was a poem meant to lead up to “The Gift Outright” to encourage nationalism within the crowd during the new beginnings of the Kennedy Administration.
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy greet well-wishers along the reception line after Air Force One landed at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, on Nov. 21, 1963.
White House Curator William G. Allman discusses the inspiration behind Aaron Shikler's portrait of John F. Kennedy. Presidential portrait, painted by Aaron Shikler (1970) John F. Kennedy Memorial, 1965, London, bust by Jacques Lipchitz; John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, 1965 bas-relief sculpture in Portland, Oregon, artist unknown
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was seated beside his smartly dressed wife, who was wearing a pink Chanel-like suit and matching pillbox hat and holding an armful of red roses that ...
President John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride with Texas Governor John Connally and others in an open car motorcade shortly before the president was assassinated ...
In the Clearing is a 1962 poetry collection by Robert Frost. It contains the poem "For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration", much of which Frost had composed to be read at President Kennedy's inauguration but could not. The book is also known for "Kitty Hawk", the book's longest poem, which muses on the Wright Brothers' accomplishment in manned ...