American History

 In the lifetime of this great nation, a couple of of its presidents have emerged from the pack as truly historic and memorable even quite others. Of course, the presidents from the generation of the founding fathers certainly fit that bill including Washington and Jefferson. And presidents that served the country in times of great crisis are also deeply honored in memory. But in recent memory, there probably no other president that brings up emotions of respect and admiration the maximum amount as that of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy appeared to capture the hearts of the American people during a way that was unique in presidents before or since. a part of it's going to are the age in history that the country was in when he became the President of the us. The historic time between 1950 and 1970 was a time when the most important generation of youth, now referred to as the “baby boomers”, was coming aged. With them a replacement youth crusade brought a way of optimism, a “can do” attitude and to some extent a way of revolution. They were trying to find new ways of seeing things, a replacement vision of the longer term and new leadership and John F. Kennedy was the right man of the hour to supply that leadership. So much about Kennedy’s presidency has an aura of romance and almost a fairy tale excitement of it. From the naming of his family estates “Camelot” to the romance that the general public had with the strikingly beautiful presidential couple, Jack and Jacqueline Kennedy. That touch of magic extended to everything he did and virtually everybody in his family including his younger brother Robert who was idolized also and almost certainly would have served as president had he not been tragically assassinated during his early bid for that office. But this wasn't to mention that Kennedy wasn't an outstanding leader. He faced serious challenges. The Cuban Missile Crisis may are one among the foremost frightening show downs between a nuclear Russia and a nuclear America that has ever happened in history. When it became clear that Russia was starting to build bases in Cuba and arm them with those terrible weapons, this was no time for a weak president. Had Russia been ready to bully Kennedy or intimidate the young president and put those missiles in Cuba, it seems certain that the result of the conflict would are one among failure instead of success. But Kennedy wasn't bullied or intimidated and using the facility of his office, Kennedy stood his ground and stood ground for all Americans and made the Russians to get rid of those missiles. But this wasn't the sole great accomplishment of Kennedy’s administration. It took a pacesetter who had great vision and skill to inspire a nation as nobody else than John F. Kennedy could to line the sights of the state on landing on the moon. But Kennedy put that desire which high calling within the hearts of his people and therefore the nation rallied to finally see that man exit on the moon and declare, “This is one step for man, an enormous leap for mankind.” That was one among the proudest days in American history and it had been Kennedy who inspired us thereto quite greatness. As much because the life and leadership of John F. Kennedy perfectly exemplified the optimism and youthful zeal of a generation, his tragic assignation changed the country forever also. thereon sad day of November 22, 1963 when Lee Harvey Oswald gunned down America’s beloved president, the hearts of usa citizens changed forever. This was one among those days that nearly everybody who was alive at the time, from school children to grandfathers remembered where they were once they heard the news. Since we laid to rest this great leader, the presidency itself has never been an equivalent. While Americans will always respect their presidents, that sense of adoration for the person within the White House disappeared forever. But the thing that didn't disappear was the continued adoration of the person, John F. Kennedy, who inspired a generation and a nation to seem forward to greatness and within the famous words of his inaugural in 1961… “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you'll do for your country.”