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   About JFK's Inaugural Address:

United States President John F. Kennedy delivered his first and only inaugural address on Friday, January 20, 1961 in Washington D.C., immediately after taking the presidential oath of office. All of America watched eagerly as Kennedy delivered his speech, describing what he had planned to do during his next four years as President of the United States, and because at the time, the Cold War was in full swing and he was the one who played a major role in resolving the conflict and making the future brighter for millions of Americans. He also spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famously saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." He also asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the "common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself." His job was to restore American's confidence and prove that things were about to change. President JFK's speech is widely considered to be among the best presidential inauguration speeches in American history.

 Background: After World War II, Kennedy had considered the option of becoming a journalist before deciding to run for political office. Prior to the war, he had not strongly considered becoming a politician as a career, because his family, especially his father, had already pinned its political hopes on his elder brother. Joseph, however, was killed in World War II, giving John seniority. Curley vacated his seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic district to become mayor of Boston, Kennedy ran for the seat, beating his Republican opponent by a large margin. He was a congressman for six years but had a mixed voting record, often diverging from President Harry S. Truman and the rest of the Democratic Party. In 1952, he defeated incumbent Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. for the U.S. Senate. John F. Kennedy was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 1960 presidential election, after defeating Republican candidate and then Vice President Richard Nixon. In doing so he became the youngest man elected U.S. President and the first Roman Catholic president.

//"Let the word go forth.....that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans."// - John F. Kennedy