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  • čas přidán 18. 11. 2013
  • On April 20, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered the culminating speech of the University's centennial celebration.
    After nine months of lobbying by Boston business leaders and other Massachusetts allies, notably Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., '36, President John F. Kennedy arrived on the Heights on April 20, 1963, to address the University's Centennial Convocation, an assembly that capped five weeks of lectures, performances, panel discussions, and receptions. University President Michael P. Walsh, SJ, introduced Kennedy to an Alumni Stadium audience of 30,000 that included elected officials, church leaders, and representatives from 294 colleges and universities. Harvard president Nathan Pusey, Georgetown president Edward B. Bunn, SJ, and British economist Barbara Ward Jackson were present to receive honorary degrees. (Kennedy was given his honorary degree in 1956 when, as a senator, he delivered the Commencement address.) Despite the pageantry, the scene had an informality and intimacy that are unthinkable today-with two students scrambling on the bleachers behind Kennedy to find a seat among the well-dressed (at 40 seconds) and Kennedy chuckling at his joke about his Boston accent. Following the speech, Charles F. Donovan, SJ, '33, founding dean of the School of Education, introduced the University's alma mater.

Komentáře • 150

  • @GTRliffe
    @GTRliffe Před rokem +10

    this man saved Americas face on the international stage!

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Před rokem +35

    America was never the same after JFK. But his vision and dream lives on, because I believe that there is hope for a better tomorrow. Indeed, John F. Kennedy believed in that better tomorrow.

    • @jonathanwilliams1065
      @jonathanwilliams1065 Před rokem +3

      He was the last good democrat

    • @elnene174
      @elnene174 Před rokem +2

      That's when the start of the end began.

    • @gnomerome3765
      @gnomerome3765 Před 8 měsíci +1

      No it wasn’t, everybody stayed as useless sacks of air and water, who just shut up, take orders, and don’t ask questions

    • @rikmichaels9233
      @rikmichaels9233 Před 7 měsíci

      @@gnomerome3765aka boomers

    • @BellaCroyda
      @BellaCroyda Před 3 měsíci

      We have to WORK at achieving that goal to a better life.

  • @thomasdubose2519
    @thomasdubose2519 Před 2 lety +18

    This President could deliver the most eloquent speeches. The only other President that i've seen in our time was Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Kennedy set the bar on how US Presidents presented themselves and represented America abroad. We can only remember him for what he was up until that time and only image what could have been. A life cut to short.

  • @royortiz6815
    @royortiz6815 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Very few Presidents spoke so eloquently and knew how to articulate his message. A few others that I can think of were definitely Lincoln, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.

  • @Emanuel1998dd
    @Emanuel1998dd Před 3 lety +116

    Back when presidents delivered intelligent speeches

    • @HankCherry
      @HankCherry Před 3 lety +19

      Trump at least tells it like he see's it...maybe not something people all agree on but nonetheless he is unfiltered and authentic as one can be...truth is he hasn't broke character in over 40 yrs

    • @DDEENY
      @DDEENY Před 3 lety +2

      You've read my mind.

    • @DDEENY
      @DDEENY Před 3 lety +4

      @@HankCherry "And He spoke a parable to them: 'Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?'" (Luke 6:39)

    • @kalniyah4536
      @kalniyah4536 Před 3 lety

      remember that..

    • @rosefincher7631
      @rosefincher7631 Před 3 lety

      @@DDEENY What's the one about "casting the beam out of your own eye"?

  • @peacockLife
    @peacockLife Před 10 měsíci +2

    His actions went far ahead of his words, that is what I loved about President Kennedy. True to his word always

  • @bostoncollege
    @bostoncollege  Před 10 lety +30

    On April 20, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered the culminating speech of the University's centennial celebration. #JFK50

  • @qqwrdthjjj
    @qqwrdthjjj Před 2 lety +42

    The last time there was a worthwhile wellspoken democrat president. Not a preacher, not a moron, but a wellspoken man!

    • @cometastral
      @cometastral Před rokem +6

      His policies were politically aligned with the republican and labor movements ironically, and not democrat hence his consistent clashing with his own staff. Never has been a such thing as decent democrat

    • @danschultz999
      @danschultz999 Před 8 měsíci

      Literacy levels have plummeted in the last 50 years. Gen z doesn't even speak English anymore... At this rate in another 10 years we'll be back to grunts and groaning to communicate.

    • @rikmichaels9233
      @rikmichaels9233 Před 7 měsíci

      @@danschultz999thanks to Bush and the right wing destroying education

    • @user-jz8ny6qo6v
      @user-jz8ny6qo6v Před 6 měsíci +4

      President Kennedy saved my life twice. I am a veteran of the Bay of Pigs imperialist invasion of Cuba in 1961. JFK negotiated an end to that war. The result was that the veterans from BoP became the secret army that ambushed Kennedy in Dallas, from CIA agent GHW Bush to CIA Frank Sturgis, CIA agent Dorothy Hunt, Manual Artime to EH Hunt, the highly trained CIA sniper who shot JFK. Second, I had orders to Vietnam in Aug. 1963 and was being trained to be a member of a team of 3-man snipers, to kill villege leaders in Vietnam. JFK ended the Vietnam war when he issued NSM #263 in Oct. 1963. That is why Kennedy was executed by the US State Department.

    • @douglasbritany7
      @douglasbritany7 Před 2 měsíci

      @@user-jz8ny6qo6v I learnt about the bay of bigs and Cuba yesterday in class, that’s so cool!

  • @cathyroman1739
    @cathyroman1739 Před 4 lety +21

    Wow. That was intense

  • @roberthanshe4372
    @roberthanshe4372 Před 2 lety +16

    The tone of his speeches is always forward looking. Always ( to me anyways) the underlying thought of most of his speeches is " Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".

    • @quantumgrail4242
      @quantumgrail4242 Před 2 lety +1

      Amen!

    • @colbythom223
      @colbythom223 Před rokem +1

      His speeches on war and government over reach were a different tone. More ominous, honest that he recognized a threat. More true now than ever

  • @maxordonez5454
    @maxordonez5454 Před 3 lety +15

    Words of great inspiration to every individual as well as every private or gubernatorial institution that follows it's dreams to serve and get better achievement in life

  • @MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR
    @MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR Před 3 lety +17

    The president to change the world

    • @kalniyah4536
      @kalniyah4536 Před 3 lety +7

      we need another so courageous as to change things in our time.

    • @matrixkt8673
      @matrixkt8673 Před rokem +2

      JFK & Donald Trump Princess Diana & JFK. Jr

    • @kimmieon7th830
      @kimmieon7th830 Před rokem

      @@matrixkt8673 So be it done! ✨😇 😉 😉

    • @jonathanwilliams1065
      @jonathanwilliams1065 Před rokem

      Maybe he would have if he hasn’t been shot

  • @billbennett7814
    @billbennett7814 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I was there!

  • @ScottishPsycho98
    @ScottishPsycho98 Před 2 lety +17

    RIP President Kennedy. The plan continues in light of your sacrifice. America will be unified again
    11.11.18
    Patriots stand together to take back our great Republic from those who would seek to destroy it.

  • @hectorlopez1069
    @hectorlopez1069 Před 2 lety +7

    I can't believe Lee Harvey Oswald would kill this great man. A great man who did so much to our country.

  • @rma3_3_3
    @rma3_3_3 Před 4 lety +6

    ♡♡♡ HISTORY ♡♡♡

  • @brober
    @brober Před rokem +4

    Jack was something. Still missed.

  • @Salvo_0019
    @Salvo_0019 Před 4 lety +4

    everybody gangsta til the COD:BOCW teaser shows at your school

  • @ryanp5052
    @ryanp5052 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Ok this is the first I’ve seen. Seems engaging with the people slight jest and delivers a clear message. Very good 👍 👏 . Unlike the modern presidents 👎🏼 boooo

  • @philipsamuel5629
    @philipsamuel5629 Před 2 lety +1

    God bless you more May your soul rest in peace in heaven,,. Gone to sleep in Glory so painful Accident Our Dear Presidents of United States of America So Heartbroken Accident John F Kennedy,, God bless you Sleep well in Glory

  • @liability69
    @liability69 Před rokem

    Just like a good preacher!

  • @davalvideo
    @davalvideo Před rokem

    Anyone know who originally broadcast this speech in Boston? Either WHDH, WBZ, or WNAC-TV.

  • @aleksandarkjurciev5870

  • @mikefournier2601
    @mikefournier2601 Před 3 lety +10

    That was a great man I think l b j might haved had something to do with it he did not like kannelys he said so himself

  • @ebooksajdakamave890
    @ebooksajdakamave890 Před 2 měsíci

    ❤ We Really Appreciate This Precious Vídeo & Its All Amazing Boston College' Links As Gifts/Souvenir To Always Remember Our Beloved JFK On One More A Splendid Speach ❤BEKSUIS ❤

  • @jimmywormwood9687
    @jimmywormwood9687 Před 9 měsíci +1

    "This was back when we had a REAL president who could give eloquent speeches! Totally unlike [ insert current president here]!"
    - every comment on videos like this.

  • @warmlantern0000
    @warmlantern0000 Před 4 lety +25

    Back then they always showed US the ppl in the audience.
    But today no. They do not show Trumps audience. Why is that.

    • @bryanoakley5189
      @bryanoakley5189 Před 3 lety +3

      I see Trump's audience in a lot of videos of him speaking.

    • @gln238
      @gln238 Před 3 lety +5

      The news media do not want the public to see how few of Biden's rallies have any numbers of people coming to see him. MSM is very corrupt and way more political than in those days. Liberals or you might say democrats were much more decent people as was the media towards opposing political parties. Things in society were in a much tighter spread. It was ok to be a democrat or a republican. Today if you are a republican, you are an enemy of the MSM and they will lie, cheat, twist anything they have to to keep the public off balance.

    • @bryanoakley5189
      @bryanoakley5189 Před 3 lety +2

      ​@@gln238 Oh good grief. The news media has always been biased -- both liberal and conservative -- but nobody is hiding the size of Biden's rallies, and frankly, very few people really care about the relative size of the rallies. Trump is a modern-day P.T. Barnum selling snake oil to the gullible under a circus tent.

    • @colinbagel860
      @colinbagel860 Před 3 lety

      I see people in trump rally’s all the time what are you taking about

    • @BurpsMcGurps
      @BurpsMcGurps Před 3 lety +1

      they certainly do, you voluntarily and actively choose to ignore it.

  • @bradjustin2573
    @bradjustin2573 Před 7 lety +11

    at 2:20 mark sounds like some heckler

    • @miltonbuu
      @miltonbuu Před 3 lety

      That was a man Called
      Robert Freeman

    • @punchline43
      @punchline43 Před 2 lety +1

      @@miltonbuu Henceforth, on this day, all hecklers shall be known as Robert Freeman (spoken in JFK's voice).

  • @warmlantern0000
    @warmlantern0000 Před 4 lety +21

    The UN speech is all chopped up. Its shown a lot shorter now.

  • @TheRealKalEll
    @TheRealKalEll Před 3 lety +11

    🙏💕 God bless you JFK. Through your love, dedication & sacrifices you've made your strength & wisdom ours. Feel blessed at every lesson you risked to share with all of us worldwide, your legacy will ring aloud eternally... thanQ Sir!! In God's almighty name we pray for you all .... amen. TRUMP / KENNEDY 2Q21 KAGA, WWG1WGA!!💕🙏

  • @burtreynolds1988km
    @burtreynolds1988km Před rokem +1

    #AlexisMason was here.......

  • @rajbadiger6836
    @rajbadiger6836 Před 3 lety +5

    AMERICA

    • @almamedina2902
      @almamedina2902 Před rokem

      That is what negative information will do to a man!!

  • @stefanosgkinis3302
    @stefanosgkinis3302 Před rokem +7

    We shall never forget the Great Leader JFK, he it was a true hero.
    God's Divine Plan...
    WWG1WGA 🦅⚖️🇺🇸⚖️🦅

  • @HankCherry
    @HankCherry Před 3 lety +33

    Trump at least tells it like he see's it...maybe not something people all agree on but nonetheless he is unfiltered and authentic as one can be...truth is he hasn't broke character in over 40 yrs

    • @michaelweir9666
      @michaelweir9666 Před 3 lety +11

      So when he deliberately downplayed the corona virus so as to not raise alarm, that was telling it how it is? When he made the complete false claim that he only received a million dollars from his father to start his business, was he being authentic? Is Trump's refusal to accept any responsibility for his failings, no matter how minor, and instead deflects blame onto his subordinates supposed to be remaining in character?
      Let's cut the fat here, people support Trump because he's fooled them into thinking he's looking out for them, and they don't give two shits what he does in the process or what rule of law he tramples in the process as long as it doesn't negatively affect them.

    • @dixiefish0173
      @dixiefish0173 Před 3 lety +11

      Michael Weir that’s all bs, turn off the damn news all you got there is talking points. Come back when ya got real research

    • @JacqueALoo
      @JacqueALoo Před 3 lety +11

      @@michaelweir9666 trump is a bull in a globalist run China shop... Check your facts

    • @Junior-xo6mq
      @Junior-xo6mq Před 3 lety +2

      @@michaelweir9666 shut up old man

    • @espo1614
      @espo1614 Před 3 lety +1

      @@michaelweir9666 dumbass

  • @danlindboomer4598
    @danlindboomer4598 Před 3 lety +12

    This is wrong... you tube has you believing this was his last word... lies

    • @idkj350
      @idkj350 Před 3 lety

      then what were they

    • @tinapatton7346
      @tinapatton7346 Před 3 lety +1

      ​@@idkj350 JFK's last public speech was mid-morning Fr Nov 22 1963, at the Presidential Breakfast, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, Tx. czcams.com/video/NTcKQIyO8Wc/video.html

    • @punchline43
      @punchline43 Před 2 lety

      Come on, "the last word" is just a euphemism. Like..the "final say".

  • @jyy9624
    @jyy9624 Před 3 měsíci

    No lying to children

  • @jl3322
    @jl3322 Před rokem +1

    1960 election-can you imagine Nixon beating Kennedy in 1960? RIP JFK

    • @timothywilliams1359
      @timothywilliams1359 Před rokem

      He did beat him. The corrupt Chicago political elites delivered Illinois, and the election, to Kennedy.

  • @alejandrolozano11alx919x
    @alejandrolozano11alx919x Před 3 měsíci

    ALEJANDRO LOZANO JUAN JR

  • @BellaCroyda
    @BellaCroyda Před 3 měsíci +1

    Where...oh where would we as a nation be if JFK lived and served in a second term as POTUS???

  • @mikegallegos416
    @mikegallegos416 Před 8 měsíci

    Agree,the Democrats will never have a President like John Kennedy ever

  • @jonasguanzon5540
    @jonasguanzon5540 Před rokem

    Boston Tea Party

    • @mikegallegos416
      @mikegallegos416 Před 8 měsíci

      Democrats went hay wire when Lyndon Johnson became President,that’s the truth

  • @deaziawashington5190
    @deaziawashington5190 Před 3 lety +1

    Rip jfk

  • @camrondirossi3249
    @camrondirossi3249 Před 3 lety +11

    Wow from a great president you had And Now u dropped to have Biden ?!!! What went Wrong!!

    • @krissyramsey3934
      @krissyramsey3934 Před 2 lety

      Americans got lazy and apathetic

    • @jamesrivera4947
      @jamesrivera4947 Před 2 lety

      More like frightened and impotent 😒

    • @juanlopez4353
      @juanlopez4353 Před 2 lety

      I am disappointed at ,Biden, since his faith as Catholic is 0 comparison to ,John F Kennedy, a truly real Catholic that never lied like Biden ,where's our $200 Social Security raise. Kennedy showed mush love, and compassion for all people in the United States especially the kids protection from the missiles of October... rest in peace President Kennedy I was only 8 years old when your life was taken away there are horrible people on earth...

  • @adrianatamura5672
    @adrianatamura5672 Před 7 měsíci +1

    HOORAY FOR JFK! 🎉🎊😀😇💐🙏💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

  • @miketd711
    @miketd711 Před 3 lety +4

    Trump is going to finish his. Dark to light.

    • @marcosvargas6561
      @marcosvargas6561 Před 3 lety +1

      How so, Mike D?
      I don't see anything here that relates to anything Trump has said or done since he's been in office.

    • @Boomer9907
      @Boomer9907 Před 2 lety +1

      Mike D …

    • @anthonydiaz4803
      @anthonydiaz4803 Před 2 lety

      Mike D.....

  • @johndorilag4129
    @johndorilag4129 Před 11 měsíci

    A Catholic president at a Catholic school

  • @Sausager
    @Sausager Před 3 lety +2

    did i ask

  • @darrenpea2498
    @darrenpea2498 Před 2 lety +5

    I hear trump when he speaks. Anyone else?

    • @anthonydiaz4803
      @anthonydiaz4803 Před 2 lety +3

      No I disagree

    • @RaveDave871
      @RaveDave871 Před 9 měsíci +1

      No

    • @julianroberts5407
      @julianroberts5407 Před měsícem +1

      Are you kidding me? JFK was humble, articulate, intelligent and inspirational. 4 qualities that Trump will never have!!!!

  • @ZeusRhea
    @ZeusRhea Před rokem

    Abomination that caused desolation