John F. Kennedy
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In the Beginning • An Irish descent• Entered the Navy after Harvard Graduation• Married Jacqueline Bouvier• Wrote “Profiles in Courage”• The First Roman Catholic President• Plans for a massive assault on persisting
pockets of privations and poverty.
The JFK Inauguration
• “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
• “It was the speech of a lifetime for the young presidential candidate”
• Kennedy spoke of tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself
• And with that, John F. Kennedy was officially President of the United States
Kennedys Accomplishments• Kennedy resumed its old mission as the first
nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights( the Alliance for Progress-1961, the Peace Corps -1961)
• Kennedy launched a campaign to travel to the moon( programme ‘Appolo’)
• 1961 –the Berlin Crisis • Oct. 1962 – the Cuban Crisis
The AssassinationJohn F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
He was shot in the head while in a car with his wife
Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was also the youngest to die
In Memory Of • Many foundations and organizations have
been named after Kennedy• Streets, bridges, airports, and popular
universities.• JFKU University
Famous Quotes• “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their
names”• “We must use time as a tool, not a crutch”• “The time to prepare the roof is when the sun
is shining”• “Mankind must put an end to war, or war will
put an end to mankind”
Always Remembered
• Mr. John F. Kennedy was and still should be remembered throughout the change of the course of history
• Without Kennedy, America wouldn’t be what it is today
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