Still, his legacy lives on in such programs as the Peace Corps and space exploration when, in 1969, Americans walked on the moon. National Portrait Gallery John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Portrait ...

In April 1954, John Fitzgerald Kennedy addressed his fellow senators on the situation in Indochina. It was not surprising, he said, that the French had failed to control a Communist insurgency there.

In 1946, Fitzgerald campaigned with his grandson John for the latter’s first election, the old city boss shaking hands beside the ambitious, photogenic youngster. The young Kennedy won the seat ...