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The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 44th inauguration and marked the commencement of John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson's only term as president and vice president.
Consequently, various degrees of artistic medals have been produced, from the less ornate Woodrow Wilson medals with his portrait on one side and his name and Vice President's Riley Marshall's name on the other side, to the more elaborate John F. Kennedy medal that has his portrait on one side and a high relief Presidential Seal on the other. [2]
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh presents the 1961 Laetare Medal to President John F. Kennedy. Fr Edmund P. Joyce to the side. November 22 – Kennedy is awarded the Laetare Medal, the highest honor for American Catholics by the University of Notre Dame, with Rev. Theodore Hesburgh in attendance.
Six inaugural ceremonies since 1961 have included a reading by a poet. [50] The following poetry readings have taken place: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (1961): Robert Frost read part of "Dedication" and recited "The Gift Outright" [51] First inauguration of Bill Clinton (1993): Maya Angelou read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" [52]
As Donald Trump crafts his inaugural address, ... President John F. Kennedy: President Kennedy paused for a "celebration of freedom" on the historic day in 1961. The Massachusetts native spoke of ...
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 . [ 454 ] [ 455 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 456 ]
Eight inches of snow fell the night before John F. Kennedy was sworn in. Warmest nontraditional date : Aug. 9, 1974. Gerald Ford: 89 degrees, with partly cloudy skies and hazy conditions.
Due to their growing popularity, the number of inaugural balls grew starting in the 1950s: during the 1953 inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, there were two, and by 1957, there were a total of four balls held for Eisenhower's second inauguration. A fifth was added for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.