The companion booklet to the current exhibition, "Poetry and Power: The Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy," which opened in January 2009 to mark the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. The exhibit focuses on the drafting of President Kennedy's inaugural address between the election on November 8, 1960, and the inauguration on January 20, 1961. Many of the notes, drafts, and documents  reproduced here- all drawn from our archives-  were prepared by Kennedy and his closest advisor, Theodore Sorensen, and provide fascinating glimpses into the drafting process.

 

Written and compiled by Stacy Bredhoff, Curator to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

• Companion booklet to the exhibit, "Poetry and Power."
• The story behind JFK's Inaugural Address told in reproduced drafts, photos, and notes.
• Paperback, 24 pages.