Inside Kennedy's Inauguration, By John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy during his campaign for presidency appeared to have every type of distinction from past presidents, he was Catholic, had a lack of experience in foreign affairs, and was the young age of 43. Although the general public were resisting at first to Kennedy’s campaign his declaration that America would have the strength to resist the communism around the world convinced the uncertain and helped him win the Presidential Election of 1960. 60% of America voted for Kennedy while 40% voted for Nixon, the closest election in history. Kennedy changed multiple things within America such as the stereotype of what religion, age, and amount of experience presidents should have. Given are three texts the first is Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, the second is an article written by Eleanor Clift named “Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration, 50 years on” which has memories from Kennedy’s presidency being recalled from friends and family members, and the third one is a picture from Kennedy’s Inauguration

Kennedy’s presidency from opinions recalled by family members and friends and people who worked for him. A point of view from two men talking at a bar the day before the inauguration tells of how excited the Americans were for Kennedy to become president. Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smiths recalls how kind and thankful Kennedy was to his whole family and how he told them they were the reason he won. Richard Goodwin, special assistant to Kennedy recalled John walking up to him and telling him how it bothered him there was no integration in the Coast Guard and asked him to immediately fix it, and within months the Coast Guard became integrated. Fred Dutton and Doris Fleeson show us how Kennedy always watched to see what the journalists wrote about him and how his appearance looked to the public. The article ends with stating how impacting Kennedy’s presidency was even though it was