Six decades ago, President John F. Kennedy delivered the memorable, inspirational speech that shifted the race to the moon into "high gear." Kennedy had previously declared the goal "of landing a man ...
HOUSTON — Monday marks 60 years since former President John F. Kennedy gave his famous speech at Rice University, reaffirming his support for the manned space program. It was on Sept. 12, 1962, in the ...
President John F. Kennedy on Sept. 12, 1962, delivered at Rice Stadium what would become one of his most famous speeches. Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, the president declared his goal to get a ...
When the American poet Robert Frost died in 1963, President John F. Kennedy stood up and addressed a memorial service gathered at Amherst College. “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Tuesday marks 60 years since the ...
From the center of Rice Stadium, President John F. Kennedy warmed up his audience with a joke. He wanted to put a man on the moon, he said, for the same reason a team plays its rival in football. “But ...
DICKINSON, N.D. - Dickinson native and humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson remembers the day in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Kennedy's death and funeral filled the ...
On the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to deliver a major speech at the Trade Mart in Dallas, Texas. Moments earlier, as his motorcade was taking him there, he was ...
A celebrated lectern -- on display at Space Center Houston for more than 30 years and said to be the one from which President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "moon shot" speech in 1962 -- is a ...