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On November 29, 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy spoke at a fundraising dinner for a National Cultural Center that would become known as "草莓视频免费版app." The event, called "An American Pageant of the Arts," was broadcast live across the U.S. via closed-circuit hookup.

Leonard Bernstein served as master of ceremonies for an evening that included appearances by Marian Anderson, Van Cliburn, Robert Frost, Danny Kaye, Bob Newhart, Harry Belafonte, and a young Yo-Yo Ma.

Watch the full pageant: https://youtu.be/pCIg6fTPA5U

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Two months after President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, Congress passed and President Johnson signed into law legislation renaming the National Cultural Center as a "living memorial" to John F. Kennedy.

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An American Pageant of the Arts

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