John F. Kennedy once said “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” John was a hero because he put the people and country before himself even if that meant to putting himself personally on the limb. “John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever to be elected President of the United States of America. He entered in January of 1961 at the age of forty-three. With good looks and two beautiful young children, the nation watched the family with adoration, pride, and curiosity, despite John’s well-publicized adulterous behavior. Startlingly after only the 1,000 days in office, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, becoming the youngest President ever to die in office; it was also marked as the “end of the innocence” in American culture. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. His Father was a multimillionaire, who made is money by banking and stock market as well as dabbling in the film industry and bootlegging liquor. His family later moved to New York, where John attended Connecticut for his high school education and graduated in the spring 1935. John planned to pursue a career in either academics or in journalism, that following year he entered Harvard University and graduated in 1940. He then worked for his father who worked in American ambassador to Great Britain. Then which gave John the material to write “Why England Slept,” and became the best-selling book.” (Petersen 1-3) He was a war hero for saving wounded crewmen. “Following his training with the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, Kennedy was shipped to the South Pacific into the war against Japan. In March 1943 he received command of a PT boat. That August, when his boat... ... middle of paper ... ... a great leader or an effective president. Perhaps the mystique surrounding Kennedy is related to his untimely death, his charismatic personality, or the "Camelot image" that he and his family portrayed. This War veteran sacrificed many things for this country that most political leaders today wouldn’t care about. It takes a true hero to change the world for the better good. John F. Kennedy is a bittersweet reminder of an innocent era that has long since passed.( Petersen 24). Works Cited "Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Academic OneFile. Web. 22 May 2014. Petersen, Jennifer B. "John F. Kennedy." John F. Kennedy (2005): 1-2. History Reference Center. Web. 22 May 2014. "Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Jr. (1960-1999)." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Academic OneFile. Web. 22 May 2014.
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The book Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot was written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard and is based upon the life and death of the 35th President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Although it is a biography of his life, it’s main subject is to describe his presidency leading up until his assassination. The book describes the hardships of his presidency both political and personal. It describes the enemies he forms while in office such as the leader of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev, and Cuba, Fidel Castro, it also describes his difficult relationships with CIA Director Allen Dulles as well as with his own Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The book describes the major foreign and domestic issues he faces throughout
John F. Kennedy, of Irish decent, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29,1917. He entered the Navy, after graduation from Harvard in 1940. In 1946, home from World War II, Kennedy became a Democratic Congressman and in 1953, he joined the Senate. A "privileged aristocrat," his father's wealth and influence contributed largely to Kennedy's political career. 1 John's father, Joseph Kennedy was a self-made millionaire. "In Joseph's political career, he accompanied President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, as the chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission. Joseph was also chairman of the Maritime Commission and from 1937- 1940, he was ambassador to Great Britain." 2 John's mother, Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy, was daughter to John F. Fitzgerald, Mayor of Boston. John's paternal grandfather, Patrick J. Kennedy, had served in the Massachusetts Senate.
President Kennedy very famous quote “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” was definitely fulfilled by himself actually. The things JFK did for this nation in his short term will forever be remembered in history. He took technology to a whole nother level by having a vision of taking a man off this planet & his putting him on the moon literally. His involvement with the civil rights movement changed this nation forever. From being a country that based your rights on what color you are to where we are now is remarkable. Now the United States is a country that many other nations look up to & actually base their rights & laws off of. Just like we used England 's Bill of rights to set our laws now other country are using are`s to set their laws & rights.
Kennedy had designed an ambitious legislative agenda for the preceding years of his term. Tragically, John F. Kennedy, himself did not live to see the majority of his New Frontier enacted. However, with the enactment in 1964-1966, of Kennedy’s agenda during his final year, he acquired the respect, as a liberal force for change, following his death (U.S. Department of
The JFK was a telling incident demonstrating the larger cultural conflict over values and meaning in America and the competition to define national identity. The whole affair demonstrated how effective a motion picture can be as a transmitter of knowledge, history, and culture. As a result, the debate about the validity of JFK extended much further into the war-torn cultural landscape of America in the 1990s than most observers have noted. www.jfkonline.com
Winning a Pulitzer was not the only thing he did that made him great before presidency. Kennedy was also a WWII war hero. As a PT boat skipper he saved his men in an attack from the Japanese. One of the men who knew Kennedy, saved after his PT-109 was hit by a Japanese destroyer in the Blackett Strait, was Patrick McMahon. After McMahon passed away in 1990 his step-son was asked about the event and what McMahon said about Kennedy:
President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963" Reading the American Past, Volume II: From 1865: Selected Historical Documents. 4 ed. Stuttgart, Germany: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. 273-275. Print.
Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who defected to the Soviet Union but later decided to come back to the U.S. When Oswald returned he was closely monitored by the KGB because of his past connection with the Soviet Union. Later he started to become pro-communist and started to support Cuba. From there he bought a hand gun and a rifle which was said to be the one that killed Kennedy. The rifle was found on the sixth floor of the Texas School book Depository. This led to Oswald’s conviction, that later resulted in his assassination.
Swisher, Clarice, People Who Made History: John F. Kennedy (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc. 2000)
Donald, Aida DiPace. John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier. New York: American Book-Stratford Press,