John F. Kennedy was the 35th president. He was young, tall and handsome. His campaign was the "New Frontier." The civil rights movement was at its height and the US was involved in the Cold War. The Communists were only 90 miles off our shores. Kennedy told us that we could reach the moon and America shot for it.

He became president at the start of a new age. American attitudes were starting to change. Technology was advancing daily and he understood. Kennedy knew the power of the television medium and he used it to his full advantage.

Americans rallied together to maintain our strength and postion in the world. He encouraged the nation to "Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country?" He renewed American's pride in their country. He was young and his youth touched a large majority.

Assassinated before his term was finished, the nation mourned and the world shared in our sorrow. The drums and cadence were of despair. The riderless horse was haunting and the bugler playing final taps, was filled with emotion. The nation mourned the lost of it's young president, he had brought us into a new era. The times were a changing.