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JFK on the Importance of Arts and Poetry
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February 19, 2008 12:29 PM PST

In this speech delivered on October 26, 1963, before an estimated crowd of 10,000 people at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Massachusetts, President John F. Kennedy made clear the need for a nation to represent itself not only through its strength but also through its art. The event was one of President Kennedy's last public appearances.