Kennedy Inaugural Address Analysis

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American politician of the Democratic Party and was the 35th President of the U.S. Before becoming president, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1941 during World War II, the year after he graduated from Harvard University. After the war, he represented Massachusetts in the House of Representatives. He was then elected into the U.S. Senate where he published Profiles in Courage, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, defeated Richard Nixon, and became the youngest elected president at 43 years old. As a president, he did many great things such as emphasizing public service, preventing Nuclear Armageddon and establishing the Peace Corps. In his 1961 inaugural address, Kennedy