Kennedy’s speech that day was unusually short for an Innaugral Address, but it is generally considered to be one of the better innaugral addresses. Such well known Kennedy quotations as “ask not [...]]]> John F. Kennedy’s Innaugration oath was administed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren with all the due pomp and ceremony.

Kennedy’s speech that day was unusually short for an Innaugral Address, but it is generally considered to be one of the better innaugral addresses. Such well known Kennedy quotations as “ask not what your country can do for you…” and “the torch has been passed to a new generation…”

Also, notably, Kennedy was the first President in some decades not to wear a hat at his Innaugration, pretty much single-handedly killing hats for men. Strange but true.

Referenced in:
She Is Always Seventeen – Harry Chapin