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Quotation from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans”
Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project)
Kennedy, at 43, presents himself as the first president born in the twentieth century.
Citation: "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans" — John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Paragraph 3 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project). (id kennedy-inaugural-address-q2)
Portrait: Jfk inauguration, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain.
