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Kennedy began his speech with a tribute to former House Speaker Sam Rayburn who had recently died in office: This week we begin anew our joint and separate efforts to build the American future. But, sadly, we build without a man who linked a long past with the present and looked strongly to the future. "Mister Sam" Rayburn is gone.
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.
John F. Kennedy delivering his speech before television cameras. Kennedy read the prepared portion of his speech from pages placed in a shallow lectern on his desk. [37] An American flag stood in the background behind him. [21] He spoke for 13 minutes and 24 seconds. [39] Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher oversaw the broadcast in the ...
Pike-area residents recall President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit ... A looping video of Kennedy's arrival and speech can be seen as part of their visitor films in the Bait Box daily from 10 a.m ...
Jul. 16—Today "JFK — The Last Speech" world premiere: "Our national strength matters," President John F. Kennedy said, "but the spirit which informs and controls our strength matters just as ...
President John F. Kennedy woke up on the last day of his life in Fort Worth’s Hotel Texas. He stepped outside in the chilly rain to speak before an enthusiastic crowd of onlookers before ...
The 1963 State of the Union Address was given by John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on Monday, January 14, 1963, to the 88th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [3] It was Kennedy's third and final State of the Union Address.
The Remarks at Amherst College on the Arts at the Presidential Convocation and Groundbreaking for the Robert Frost Library is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the arts and liberal education in honor of the American poet Robert Frost to the students and faculty of Amherst College, a liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1963.