JFK

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

''Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.''

''I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.'' commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas

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Eternal Flame

Just the Facts: Birth: May 29, 1917, Brookline, MA Education: Harvard College (graduated 1940) Religion: Roman Catholic Career: Author, U.S. Navy Officer, Journalist, Public Writings: Why England Slept (1940); Profiles in Courage (1956) Official Military: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Valor, and the Purple Heart Political Party: Democrat Presidency: 35th President of the United States (1961-1963) Died: Nov. 22, 1963, Dallas, TX Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA