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“On the 20th of January 1960, President John Kennedy, the president at that time, delivered his notorious “Ask Not What You Can Do for Your Country” Speech. Kennedy not only launched “America’s Space Program” that sent men to the moon, but stood up to Russia when they threatened the free world during the missile crisis. During his Presidency, the Peace Corps was formed, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed by the Soviets, and the Civil Rights Act was passed. He however stumbled in 1963 during a speech in Berlin, he made an error in German, “Ich bin ein Berliner”. He intended to communicate “I am a Berliner”, but the way he said it meant, “I am a jelly doughnut”. He was the youngest president, only 42-years-old when elected. His legacy is a less than the three year presidency when compared with Camelot.”

“President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address on January 20, 1961, is memorable for the statement “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,” and he answered his own challenge. During his administration, he not only pressed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to achieve a manned landing on the Moon by the end of the 1960s but also confronted the Soviet Union over that country’s plan to install nuclear weapons in Cuba that would be aimed at the United States.
Also, during Kennedy’s presidency, tragically abbreviated when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963, the Peace Corps was formed; the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; and Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The legacy of Kennedy, only forty-two years old when he was elected, is of a brief period of peace and prosperity; indeed, his administration was compared to the glory of King Arthur’s