Kennedy Center for the Arts

  

"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. 

                                                                                                                                                                                       President Kennedy October 26, 1963

In Septembre 1971 the Kennedy Center opened to the public. 

President John F. Kennedy was a lifelong supporter and advocate of the arts. Kennedy took the lead in raising funds for the new “National Cultural Center” and held special White House luncheons and receptions focused on the arts. 

 

Two months after President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, Congress designated the National Cultural Center as a "living memorial" to Kennedy, and authorized the building that is now known as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 

Today, the Kennedy Center for the Arts acts as a leader in arts education and continues to fulfill President Kennedy’s vision by hosting a variety of musicals, dance and ballet, theater, and musical performances of all types.

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Kennedy Center Education: In the schools

Harvard Institute of Politics

  
"I urge all of you today, especially those who are students, to act, to enter the lists of public service and rightly win or lose the prize."
                         
                            President Kennedy, Remarks at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963

 

In 1966, the Kennedy Library Corporation presented Harvard University with an endowment for the creation of the Institute of Politics (IOP).

The Institute strives to promote greater understanding and cooperation between the academic world and the world of politics and public affairs. 

Each year, to celebrate their common roots, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government award the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to two young Americans who are changing their communities and their country. 

The New Frontier Awards are presented to exceptional young Americans under the age of 40.

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Kennedy Scholars

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, an appeal was launched in the United Kingdom to enable British citizens to donate to a fund in the late President’s memory. This money was used to grant a fund to enable British post-graduate students to study at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to create a landscaped memorial at Runnymede.

The Runnymede Memorial was opened by the Queen in May 1965 and the first group of Kennedy Scholars went over to Harvard and MIT to begin their courses of study in September 1966.

 

The Memorials was opened by the Queen on the May 14, 1965 in the presence of the Prime Minister and many members of the Kennedy family.