Jfk Inauguration Day
The inauguration unfolded on a sunny but bitterly cold day at the u s.
Jfk inauguration day. Approximately one hour in frost made his way to the podium and began reading dedication but soon stopped. In the 1960 campaign john f. That s because it was meant to be unmissable. The inauguration of john f.
Remember when jackie kennedy attended her husband s presidential inauguration with a perfect egg shaped pillbox hat perched atop her head. Kennedy pledged to get this country moving again and offered voters a new generation of leadership. January 20 1961 was a bitterly cold day in washington. This was the 44th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only term of both john f.
Kennedy as the 35th president of the united states was held on friday january 20 1961 at the east portico of the united states capitol in washington d c. He takes over from the oldest president in american history general dwight eisenhower who is bowing out aged 70. Johnson as vice president kennedy was assassinated 2 years 306 days into this term. John f kennedy was sworn in as president 58 years ago today january 20 1961.
The democrat john f kennedy has been sworn in as the youngest ever elected president of the united states. And yet as john and jackie kennedy set out on foot from the white house to the capitol for jfk s inauguration as president the sense of cheer and confidence was palpable. Kennedy inaugurated on january 20 1961 on the newly renovated east front of the united states capitol john fitzgerald kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the united states. He challenged his fellow citizens to join him in the struggle for freedom in the perilous years of the cold war.
This was the dawn of camelot the evocative label associated with kennedy s administration born of the young president s fondness for the musical of the same name. The 43 year old roman catholic was inaugurated as the 35th president on a snow covered capitol hill in washington.