Photos: Courtesy of Scott Walker
"What does it mean to be an American? Upon us destiny has lavished special favors of liberty and opportunity ~ and it therefore has demanded of us special efforts, particularly in times such as these. It requires each one of us to be a little more decent, alert, intelligent, compassionate and resolute in our daily lives...~ that we use our freedom of choice to pursue our own destiny in a manner that advances the national destiny, in the work we produce, the subjects we study, the positions we seek, the languages we learn, the complaints we voice, the leaders we follow, the inconveniences we endure. Every American must take far more seriously than he has in the past his responsibility for achieving and maintaining a democratic society of a truly model kind, worthy to be the champion of freedom throughout the world." ~ John F. Kennedy, LIFE, 1960.
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