Remembering a President: John F. Kennedy
11/22/2013
This undated photo shows U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Washington.
From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. I’m Caty Weaver.
Fifty years ago today, the United States lost President John F. Kennedy. The president was shot and killed during a visit to Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His death shocked Americans and people around the world.
President Kennedy was 46 years old. He was the youngest man ever elected president. He served only 1,000 days in office. Yet many Americans remember him as a great and beloved leader.
Today on As It Is we report on the life of John F. Kennedy. VOA National reporter Jim Malone will join us in the studio to help us better understand Kennedy’s life, career and tragic death.
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.”
John Kennedy was elected president in 1960. It was a close battle between the Democratic Party senator from Massachusetts and the Republican nominee Vice President Richard Nixon.
President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Middleburg, Virginia in 1962
The new president was just 43 years old. His wife, Jackie, was a beautiful, stylish and cultured young woman. She quickly captured the hearts of Americans and others. In fact, she had such an effect on the people of France during a presidential visit to that country that her husband later joked about it.
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