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FadedMullet

(711 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2025, 12:14 AM Dec 20

This video of JFK at a fundraiser to build the "National Cultural Center", that later became The Kennedy Center.......

......adds heartbreak to the travesty that Trump has visited upon this country when he pasted his ugly name above Kennedy's on that beautiful American memorial. Kennedy's words celebrating American culture in the Arts, in music and in dance, and the grace and intelligence with which he spoke, is such a contrast to Trump's America, that we have to dedicate ourselves to restoring this country, not to it's ideals of 2016, but to Kennedy's America of 1962.

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This video of JFK at a fundraiser to build the "National Cultural Center", that later became The Kennedy Center....... (Original Post) FadedMullet Dec 20 OP

An absolute pleasure listening to our dignified President Kennedy speak about a free society that appreciates art Deuxcents Dec 20 #1

A brilliant speech. callous taoboy Dec 20 #2

TY Kick... Cha Dec 20 #3

Seeing him speak still brings me to tears. brer cat Dec 20 #4