President Kennedy signs an Executive Order establishing the Peace Corps where the volunteers commit their time to helping those in other countries and answer the president’s call to service.

Image: President Kennedy meets with Peace Corps trainees, August 9. 1962. Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

Video: “50 Years of Service: Peace Corps Volunteers, 1961-2010”. Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza