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Let Us Continue is a speech that 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson delivered to a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963, five days after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. The almost 25-minute speech is considered one of the most important in his political career.
Richard Naradof Goodwin (December 7, 1931 – May 20, 2018) was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Eugene McCarthy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
It was Kennedy's second State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was newly elected House speaker John W. McCormack, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. Kennedy began his speech with a tribute to former House Speaker Sam Rayburn who had recently died in office:
President John F. Kennedy at the podium at Grey Towers National Historic Site, September 24, 1963, where he dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies. At far right is Pennsylvania ...
It was Johnson's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker John W. McCormack , accompanied by President pro tempore Carl Hayden , in his capacity as the ...
The first inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the 36th president of the United States was held on Friday, November 22, 1963, aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy earlier that day. The inauguration – the eighth non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to ever take place ...
The Kennedy clan is warring again — this time over the release of the feds’ classified files on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg accused the ...
A March 1999 photo of Trump and JFK Jr. reemerged Sunday that shows the two men taking in NBA action together as the Knicks narrowly topped the Indiana Pacers 94-93 in front of more than 19,000 fans.