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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Arts and the nation

My thanks to dancer-choreographer Jill Sigman for sharing the following link:

President John F. Kennedy: Remarks at Amherst College, October 26, 1963

The following is an excerpt from a speech given by President John F. Kennedy on October 26, 1963 at Amherst College in Massachusetts, in honor of the poet Robert Frost. Frost had died in January of that year. In this speech, President Kennedy made clear the need for a nation to represent itself not only through its strength but also through its art and as he said, "full recognition of the place of the artist."

To listen to the excerpt, click here.

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