The Speeches of President John F. Kennedy Podcast
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The speeches of President John F. Kennedy is a podcast series of the more memorable and historical speeches delivered by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. Each episode features a brief introduction by Museum Curator Emeritus Frank Rigg who gives the historical context and setting of each speech. Please visit JFKLibrary.org for more information on the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy.
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President Kennedy?s Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin, June 26, 1963
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
President Kennedy arrived in Berlin on June 26, 1963, following appearances in Bonn, Cologne and Frankfurt. In Berlin, an immense crowd of 120,000 Berliners gathered in the Rudolph Wilde Platz near the Berlin Wall to listen to hear President Kennedy speak. They began gathering in the square long before he was due to arrive, and when President Kennedy finally appeared on the podium after having made a visit to Checkpoint Charlie at the Berlin Wall, they gave him an ovation of several minutes.
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JFK's Speech on the Responsibilities of Citizenship, May 18, 1963
Wed, May 14, 2008
In a spirited and eloquent speech before an estimated crowd of 30,000 people in the stadium at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on May 18, 1963, President Kennedy reminded his listeners that it falls to the educated man to assume the greater obligations of citizenship?for the pursuit of learning, to serve the public and to uphold the law.
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JFK's City Upon a Hill Speech, January 9, 1961
Tue, Apr 29, 2008
Address of President-Elect John F. Kennedy Delivered to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at The State House, Boston, January 9, 1961. In the speech, which would later become known as ?The City Upon a Hill? speech, Kennedy paid tribute to the early role Massachusetts played in creating a republic ? he thanked the citizens of Massachusetts for a lifetime of friendship and trust -- and he laid out the four essential qualities that he hoped would characterize his government: courage, judgment, integrity and dedication.
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JFK on America's Race to the Moon
Fri, Mar 14, 2008
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy urged Congress and the nation to ?commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.? On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy delivered the following speech describing in greater detail his goals for the nation?s space effort before a crowd of 35,000 people in the football stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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JFK on the Importance of Arts and Poetry
Tue, Feb 19, 2008
In this speech delivered on October 26, 1963, before an estimated crowd of 10,000 people at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Massachusetts, President John F. Kennedy made clear the need for a nation to represent itself not only through its strength but also through its art. The event was one of President Kennedy's last public appearances.
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JFK Address to the United Nations General Assembly
Tue, Jan 15, 2008
Address delivered by President John F. Kennedy to the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 1961, one week after UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had been killed in a plane crash in the Congo.
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JFK Address on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, July 26, 1963
Mon, Dec 17, 2007
On July 25, 1963, the Unites States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agreed to ban testing in the atmosphere, in space, and underwater. According to President Kennedy?s Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, ?No other single accomplishment in the White House ever gave him greater satisfaction." On July 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered the following radio and television address to the American people.
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JFK on the Separation of Church and State
Wed, Nov 14, 2007
Address delivered by John F. Kennedy, 1960 Democratic Presidential nominee and Irish-Catholic American, to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on the subject of separation of church and state, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1960.
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JFK Televised Address on Cuban Missile Crisis
Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Radio and Television Report on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba and the imposition of a Naval quarantine of Cuba delivered by President John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962.
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JFK Address to the Nation on the Civil Rights Crisis, June 11, 1963
Wed, Sep 12, 2007
Televised address delivered by President John F. Kennedy on the integration of the University of Alabama and the moral crisis faced by the nation as black Americans struggled for equal rights, June 11, 1963.
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JFK Address on Peace delivered at American University, June 10, 1963
Tue, Aug 14, 2007
Commencement address delivered by President John F. Kennedy at American University on June 10, 1963, frequently referred to as the Peace Speech.
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John F. Kennedy Inaugural Speech
Sun, Jun 10, 2007
The Inaugural Address of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered on January 20, 1961 in Washington, DC.
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