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1 Μαΐ 2015 · JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist’s Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time. By Maria Popova. In January of 1961, as John F. Kennedy’s inauguration approached, his would-be Secretary of the Interior suggested that the poet Robert Frost participate in the ceremony as the first inaugural poet.
Instead, he came to the poet’s academic home to praise Frost as no one else could, by exploring in depth what Kennedy had come to believe were the ideal roles for poetry and power in American life, thought and democracy.
Poetry and Power: John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address. On January 20, 1961 a clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court held the large Fitzgerald family Bible as John F. Kennedy took the oath of office to become the nation’s 35th president.
Below is a selected list of quotations by John F. Kennedy, arranged alphabetically by topic. (Note: Parenthetical numbers in the titles of presidential speeches and news conferences refer to item numbers in the Public Papers of the Presidents.)
26 Ιαν 2021 · [Here and hereafter, Kennedy likes to do ALLITERATION in pairs — often in two adjacent words.] …oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago. [Homage here to Lincoln’s...
Poem recited at John F. Kennedy's Inauguration by Robert Frost. The land was ours before we were the land’s. She was our land more than a hundred years. Before we were her people. She was ours. In Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England’s, still colonials, Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
"For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration" (originally titled "Dedication") is a poem written by the American poet Robert Frost for the presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961.
