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Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The 35th President of the United States
Born: May 29, 1917
Assassinated Nov. 22, 1963
Mercury astronaut John Glenn shows the Friendship 7 Space Capsule to President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 23, 1962.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, left foreground, meets with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, right foreground, and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Llewellyn Thompson, center, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, right, confers with his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 1962, during the buildup of military tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became the Cuban missile crisis.
President John F. Kennedy makes a national television speech Oct. 22, 1962, from Washington. He announced a naval blockade of Cuba until Soviet missiles are removed.
President Kennedy claps time as his children Caroline, who would turn 5 years old on Nov. 17, and John Jr., who would be 2 on Nov. 25, dance in the President's White House office, October 1962.
Tribute To A Hero
Lt. John F. Kennedy receives the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps medal for heroic conduct from Capt. Frederic L. Conklin June 12, 1944. JFK used his father's connections to get assigned to active duty. Says Dallek, "He was determined to get into combat. It was part of the culture at the time, patriotism. But he was heroic in doing that."
A Tribute To The Man That Revived The Presidential Medal of Freedom
And Made It Flourish In America To Honor Our Heroes
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Medal History
