JFK Inaugurated: Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You
Thirty-nine years old and razor-sharp in a crisp morning suit, Kennedy delivered the most electric inaugural address of the century. "Ask not what your country can do for you" — those twelve words would electrify a generation, challenging Americans to see citizenship as active service. And he looked impossibly young doing it: the first president born in the 20th century, with movie-star looks that made the presidency feel suddenly modern, suddenly alive.
January 20, 1961
65 years ago
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