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On NOVEMBER 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, shots rang out as President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
The youngest President ever elected, being 43 years old, he was also the youngest to die, barely serving 1,000 days.
Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to deliver a speech, in which he prepared to say:
"We in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.
We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men..."
Kennedy's remarks continued:
"That must always be our goal - and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength.
For as was written long ago, 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.'"
John F. Kennedy stated in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 28, 1961:
"The Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and
reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God...
I ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first New England Thanksgiving,
thus to impress upon future generations the heritage of this nation born in toil, in danger, in purpose, and in the conviction that right and justice and freedom can through man's efforts persevere and come to fruition with the blessing of God."
On February 9, 1961, President Kennedy remarked at a Breakfast for International Christian Leadership:
"Every President of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God...
The guiding principle and prayer of this Nation has been, is now, and shall ever be 'In God We Trust.'"
Though Kennedy was the youngest elected President, it was actually Theodore Roosevelt who was the youngest President, being just 42 years old when, as Vice-President, he assumed the Presidency when William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
In his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 24, 1903, Theodore Roosevelt:
"In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country in the opening years of the 20th Century.
Failure would not only be a dreadful thing for us, but a dreadful thing for all mankind, because it would mean loss of hope for all who believe in the power and the righteousness of liberty.
Therefore, in thanking God for the mercies extended to us in the past, we beseech Him that He may not withhold them in the future."
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The youngest President ever elected, being 43 years old, he was also the youngest to die, barely serving 1,000 days.
Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to deliver a speech, in which he prepared to say:
"We in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.
We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men..."
Kennedy's remarks continued:
"That must always be our goal - and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength.
For as was written long ago, 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.'"
John F. Kennedy stated in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 28, 1961:
"The Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and
reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God...
I ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first New England Thanksgiving,
thus to impress upon future generations the heritage of this nation born in toil, in danger, in purpose, and in the conviction that right and justice and freedom can through man's efforts persevere and come to fruition with the blessing of God."
On February 9, 1961, President Kennedy remarked at a Breakfast for International Christian Leadership:
"Every President of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God...
The guiding principle and prayer of this Nation has been, is now, and shall ever be 'In God We Trust.'"
Though Kennedy was the youngest elected President, it was actually Theodore Roosevelt who was the youngest President, being just 42 years old when, as Vice-President, he assumed the Presidency when William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
In his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 24, 1903, Theodore Roosevelt:
"In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country in the opening years of the 20th Century.
Failure would not only be a dreadful thing for us, but a dreadful thing for all mankind, because it would mean loss of hope for all who believe in the power and the righteousness of liberty.
Therefore, in thanking God for the mercies extended to us in the past, we beseech Him that He may not withhold them in the future."
www.AmericanMinute.com
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