Eunice Kennedy Shriver

interesting topics of this time are John F. Kennedy’s presidency, the Vietnam War, and the culture. President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office on 20 January 1961. At his inauguration, he offered this statement “Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.” Kennedy took action against racial discrimination. On 22 November 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while in his motorcade on his way to the Trade Mart where he was supposed to give…

On Wednesday, February 15th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the attempted victim of a shooting in Miami, Florida. While giving a speech in front of a small crowd in Miami, Florida an assassination attempt on FDR was made. According to the police report, sources close to the president said that the president was not affected by the attempt but that he would be kept out of the public eye until things calmed down. On the evening of the speech, a small crowd had gathered to hear FDR speak…

On November 4, 2008, this country witnessed a life changing moment in history. The first visibly black male became The President of the United States. I remember watching the results come in while sitting in my mom’s room. Everyone in the room broke out in prayer, tears, and pure and utter joy for our future. Barack Hussein Obama came into the oval office with a vision for change to redesign our country. President Obama is someone that many people look to as a symbol of hope and integrity; he is…

The Cuban Missile Crisis as a Rhetorical Situation The Cuban missile crisis marks a time in history when the spread of nuclear weapons was on the forefront of foreign and domestic policy concerns. On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy made an historic speech that addressed the growing concerns of nuclear weapons and Soviet Union aggression. Kennedy’s speech and the actions taken in response, continue to define the United States relationship with Cuba. Kennedy’s speech applies well to Bitzer’s…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy served as the President of the United States from January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963. Kennedy’s short term makes classifying his legacy difficult, but many people remember him as a charismatic leader who, in his life and in his death, served as a symbol of purpose and hope. For example Kennedy in his inaugural address stated that “we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom- symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning- signifying renewal as…

Encompassing a majority of the world, the Cold War hit Americans closest to home with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Faulkner's fear of “when will I be blown up” never held such real ramifications for the US. With the rising to power of Fidel Castro and the straying from American influence Cuba began to identify with the Soviet Union producing its own communist regime. In 1961 the US tried to overthrow the newly communist government of Cuba with the failed invasion known as the Bay of Pigs,…

John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address: Giving Hope To the World On Friday, January 20, 1961 President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Barely beating Nixon in an election that was very back and forth throughout the race, this forty-three-year-old man is still the youngest man to ever be inaugurated into presidency. By 1961, America was struggling greatly with racism, inequality, and economic hardships, while trying to fight communism across the world. Many American’s at the time were getting…

popular events that occurred in and shaped the decade of the 1960s. Episode three, The Assassination of President Kennedy, was produced by EMMY Award-winning producer Mark Herzog and by EMMY Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. A fact-filled documentary that isn’t boring is hard to come by. CNN’s action- packed documentary The Assassination of President Kennedy keeps viewers glued to the couch anticipating the end of the commercials; the viewer is exposed to footage…

John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. In the speeches President Kennedy's Inaugural Address and “I Have a Dream” they have multiple similarities and differences. The similarities are a passion for what they say and how they address a problem they face. A difference is the reasoning for delivering their speeches. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”. This is why passion is a common emotion shown while giving a speech. Mr. Kennedy…

John F. Kennedy was a descendent of three generations of men who pursued a political profession. Throughout the majority of his life,conversation’s was nearly always about politics.By the time he became of age, John Fitzgerald Kennedy inhabited a world of special exemption. The story of his family's heroic multi-generational rise from the wants of Irish famine might well have been a misty old folk tale. The past is not the point in the Kennedy household. John F. Kennedy and younger brother…