Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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JFK: The Last Speech | Special performance by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

October 6, 2023 - October 8, 2023

Courtesy Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Kennedy Convocation Collection, Photograph 18.

Friday, Oct. 6 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 8 | 3:00 p.m. 

 

Join the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a performance of a new work that honors President Kennedy upon the 60th anniversary of his passing. Inspired by President Kennedy’s speech eulogizing poet Robert Frost at Amherst College in 1963, the DSO will be one of the first orchestras to perform this work following its world premiere this summer. Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 and Barber’s celebratory organ toccata are also on the program.

 

Tickets available at dallassymphony.org. Museum members receive special pricing on this performance. Contact us at membership@jfk.org for more information!

Details

Start:
October 6, 2023
End:
October 8, 2023
Website:
https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoff-symphony-no-3/

Organizer

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

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