JFK Library and Museum - John F. Kennedy Speeches
JFK Library and Museum - John F. Kennedy Speeches

JFK Library and Museum - John F. Kennedy Speeches

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

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The Speeches of President John F. Kennedy is a podcast series of the most memorable and historical speeches delivered by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Each episode features a brief introduction by former Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Curator Frank Rigg, who gives the historical context of each speech.

Recent Episodes

JFK Address at Amherst College
OCT 26, 2012
JFK Address at Amherst College
Before an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, President Kennedy made clear the need for a nation to represent itself not only through its strength but also through its art.
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16 MIN
JFK Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis
OCT 22, 2012
JFK Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK appeared on television to inform Americans of the recent Soviet military buildup in Cuba including the ongoing installation of offensive nuclear missiles, and informed the people of the US of the "quarantine" placed around Cuba by the Navy.
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21 MIN
JFK Address at Rice University
SEP 12, 2012
JFK Address at Rice University
President Kennedy delivered a speech describing his goals for the nation’s space effort before a crowd of 35,000 people in the football stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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20 MIN
JFK Address on Nuclear Test Ban
JUL 26, 2012
JFK Address on Nuclear Test Ban
In a television address announcing the nuclear test ban agreement, Kennedy claimed that a limited test ban “is safer by far for the United States than an unlimited nuclear arms race.”
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30 MIN
JFK Address at Independence Hall
JUL 4, 2012
JFK Address at Independence Hall
At an Independence Day celebration in historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1962, President Kennedy delivered an address on the importance of the Declaration of Independence to contemporary Americans.
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18 MIN