When George Washington delivered the very first inaugural address, on Apr. 30 ... 1961.” After JFK’s assassination, the pages were displayed in what would become his presidential library ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This clip provides an archival recording of President John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address.

Finally tonight:It was 50 years ago today that John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most famous and most quoted inaugural addresses in history.His call for engagement and public service resonates ...

Let's go in a different direction. We're embedding video of his Jan. 20, 1961, inaugural address. We'll also attach a transcript (per the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ...

John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, delivered on a cold January day in 1961, was “destined to be famed within minutes of its delivery,” TIME noted the following week. “At last came the ...

1. Keep it short. JFK's inaugural address is 1,362 words long. The total time of delivery is under 14 minutes. It is the fourth-shortest inaugural address in history. 2. Study your predecessors.

But looking in on the country this week, exactly a half-century since Kennedy delivered perhaps the most famous inaugural address in American history on Jan. 20, 1961, it's hard to keep from ...

Fifty years after President John F. Kennedy delivered his only presidential inaugural address, his words remain etched in the American psyche. Although much has changed since his time -- most ...

Kennedy's inaugural address that's being observed Thursday ... Even so, that doesn't mean JFK's inaugural speech wasn't great. But it was certainly incomplete.

But looking in on the country this week, exactly a half-century since Kennedy delivered perhaps the most famous inaugural address in American history, it's hard to keep from wondering: In the much ...