Image of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth
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Image of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth
Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. John F. Kennedy, in the foreground with his back to the camera, speaks to a large crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth during a presidential campaign visit on September 13, 1960.
Image of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth
09/13/1960
Film
2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)
The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
2014.080.0033
The day before his 1960 Dallas/Fort Worth visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas (the same hotel he would again visit on November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination). In his televised address on September 12, 1960, Kennedy directly confronted the "religious issue": pointed accusations that he would allow his Catholic faith to influence the execution of his responsibilities as president. His bold confrontation of this question made this one of the most important speeches of the 1960 campaign. The "Baptist for Kennedy" sign in this photograph certainly references the "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign and likely signifies support for his televised speech from Houston the day before. It is, however, somewhat interesting that the sign uses the singular "Baptist" rather than the plural "Baptists." - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Image of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth
Original 120 mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Morning News staff photographer Clint Grant. John F. Kennedy, in the foreground with his back to the camera, speaks to a large crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth during a presidential campaign visit on September 13, 1960.
Image of Senator Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Burnett Park in Fort Worth
09/13/1960
Photographs
Presidential campaign
Photographer
1960 presidential election
Speeches
Fort Worth
Kennedy, John F.
Grant, Clint
The Dallas Morning News
Burnett Park
Film
2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)
The Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDonated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
2014.080.0033
The day before his 1960 Dallas/Fort Worth visit, Senator Kennedy made a major address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas (the same hotel he would again visit on November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination). In his televised address on September 12, 1960, Kennedy directly confronted the "religious issue": pointed accusations that he would allow his Catholic faith to influence the execution of his responsibilities as president. His bold confrontation of this question made this one of the most important speeches of the 1960 campaign. The "Baptist for Kennedy" sign in this photograph certainly references the "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign and likely signifies support for his televised speech from Houston the day before. It is, however, somewhat interesting that the sign uses the singular "Baptist" rather than the plural "Baptists." - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
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