I hope educators give the just due to the decade that gave us so much. JFK ushered in 1961 with hope and optimism. Things were happening so fast from the Cuban Missile Crisis to all of the Civil Rights laws. Kennedy and Johnson were Liberals who wanted to make the world a better place to live. The Peace Corps is one example of "giving."
Lyndon Baines Johnson taught school before getting into politics. He taught Spanish-American kids in Cotillo, Texas. He could identify with the poverty. Sure he was a High Roller who wanted to wipe out poverty in America. The sad thing is the Vietnam War ruined his vision.
JFK was mesmerized with the Space Program. His famous speech at Rice University in 1961 "We Choose To Go To The Moon" set the tone and vision which was fulfilled on July 20, 1969.
U.S. History must be taught in schools across the Land. I think focusing on the Sixties and the events that changed our worlds is worth repeating before it is forgotten!
ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN
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| LBJ PLANTING TREE AT SLU 2/14/1964 |
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| I WAS THE FIRST ONE ON SITE 2/14/1964! |
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