For President's Day - John F. Kennedy

Across the centuries and across the continents, important figures have played key roles within our lives.  President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is one that literally made a very positive impact within the United States as well as around the world. He has always been an inspiration to me as he was a very noble and probably one of the most unique presidents of the United States. Charismatic, the youngest leader, and one whom literally broke the barriers. Within America, and as well as globally. Certainly he was groomed during the years by way of his father, but then at a certain stage I believe he took on areas that he came into his own. As many know the Kennedy family was regarded much like royalty.  He had an impact that few have even come close with then and even within this modern age.  This term of hope is still a continuum from the era of President Kennedy. Raised in the state of Massachusetts, he was the son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy and the brother of a family of nine siblings. John’s older brother Joe was initially chosen within the family to become president, however Joe was killed during the Second World War in an aviation incident.  Kennedy's political life began by way of succession from within his family, to then by the means of his own tenacity within politics. He sought the nomination for the eleventh congressional district in Massachusetts. As the years went on, John served three terms in the House of Representatives, and in 1952 he was elected to a seat within the Senate. At time went on he was increasingly becoming very popular and very well known. Very well educated, he served within the war, and he had this charisma that far surpassed many others within this time.

In 1956 he was almost chosen to run for Vice President. He decided to decline the offer primarily as at this time he had come into his own and was keen in obtaining his very own desire to become the future President of the United States. He was nominated to be the candidate of President, and there after he requested Lyndon B. Johnson whom hailed from Texas to be his running partner as Vice President.

On November 1960 John Kennedy was running for president against Richard Nixon.
By only merely 83 votes, at the age of 43, John became the youngest president. As well in those days, as within these within the culture of America religion did count. John broke the barriers here as well as he was the first catholic to ever be elected.
His first year in office was dominated by boundaries that only truly defined whom President John Kennedy was. As he could meet paths by way of his own thoughts, he was very in touch with several situations within the country as well as internationally. One of the largest concerns and worries for President Kennedy was the possibility of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. This war would happen in the years following the Second World War, as commonly known as, "The Cold War." One of John Kennedy's handicaps was that he was the youngest president ever elected at 43, and with that title came criticism that the white house needed older and experienced ruling. So while under such pressure from older members of the government, John proved them wrong with his handling in events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. His efforts were impeccable.

Throughout Kennedy's political career, he faced many adversities and trials. But within the finality of all that he faced he was tremendously successful with each area in which he advocated along with the problems that he had to deal with. As mentioned, one of the most notable problems was dealing with the daunting Cuban Missile Crisis in which the Soviets prepared for nuclear war against the United States in Cuba. At the same time he was very successful in the formation of placing the first man on the moon, creating the Peace Core, and most of all he committed himself along with his brother in the civil rights movement. He never wavered. For he was truly and inspirational President, that regardless of what areas he faced he stayed true to the very ideals in which he believe in.

On this day John F. Kennedy was assassinated while visiting Dallas, Texas. If there was one thing that John, whom was commonly known, as “Jack” believed in was within the freedoms of each individual’s rights. Shortly after his assassination, his Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Acts were honored and placed into law. I remember so well so many of his quotes, I think that he is one of those leaders that will always be studied. However on this day he died much too early, but yet within his lifetime as a leader of a nation he certainly did what some do within a lifetime that far surpasses the short one in which he lived.

A worthy link:
http://www.jfk50.org/