/
J.F.Kennedy J.F.Kennedy

J.F.Kennedy - PowerPoint Presentation

pasty-toler
pasty-toler . @pasty-toler
Follow
384 views
Uploaded On 2016-04-21

J.F.Kennedy - PPT Presentation

Ask Not W hat Y our C ountry C an D o F or You Speech Context This speech was given by John F Kennedy after he took the presidential oath of office at 1251Eastern Time on Friday 20 ID: 287780

oath kennedy nation born kennedy oath born nation president century time today office world human rights word belief forebears

Share:

Link:

Embed:

Download Presentation from below link

Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "J.F.Kennedy" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.


Presentation Transcript

Slide1

J.F.Kennedy

Ask Not

W

hat

Y

our

C

ountry

C

an

D

o

F

or YouSlide2

Speech Context

This speech was given by John F Kennedy, after he took the presidential oath of office, at 12.51(Eastern Time) on Friday 20

th

January 1961. It was the longest Inaugural Address ever delivered at a time of 13 minutes 42 seconds from the first word to the last word (not including applause). It was also the first Inaugural Address to be delivered to a televised audience in colour. Slide3

About J.F.Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (also known as JFK or ‘Jack’) was born 29

th

May 1917. He served as a commander for the military during WW2, he also represented Massachusetts's 11

th congressional district in the U.S House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S presidential election, which made him the youngest president to have been elected to the office, the second youngest president and the first person born in the 20th Century to be president. Slide4

We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom – symbolising an end, as well as a beginning – signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe – the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this this nation has always committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Referring to the oath of office

1

st

person

Speaking to the nation

Shows importance of the oath

Shows religious belief