November 9, 1960 - President Elect John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech Hyannis National Guard Armory

The Kennedy family lines up on the podium of the Hyannis Port Armory, where President-elect John F. Kennedy gives his acceptance speech. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Robert F. Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Jean Kennedy Smith and Patricia Kennedy Lawford.
‘’Ladies and gentlemen, I have received the following wire from Vice President Nixon. In that wire he says, "Senator John F. Kennedy, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. I want to repeat through this wire the congratulations and best wishes I extended to you on television last night. I know that you will have united support of all Americans as you lead the nation in the cause of peace and freedom during the next four years." I reply to the vice president-- I sent him the following wire: "Vice President Nixon, Los Angeles, California. Your sincere good wishes are gratefully accepted. You are to be congratulated on a fine race. I know that the nation can continue to count on your unswerving loyalty in whatever effort you undertake, and that you and I can maintain our long-standing cordial relations in the years ahead. Sincerely, John Kennedy."
I received also a wire from President Eisenhower which says, "My congratulations to you for the victory you have just won at the polls. I will be sending you promptly a more comprehensive telegram suggesting certain measures that may commend themselves to you as you prepare to take over next January the responsibilities of the Presidency. Signed, Dwight D. Eisenhower. And I have sent to President Eisenhower the following wire: "I am grateful for your wire and good wishes. I look forward to working with you in the near future. The whole country is hopeful that your long experience in the service of your country can be drawn upon further in the years to come. With every good wish, signed, John Kennedy."
May I say in addition to all citizens of this country, Democrats, independents, Republicans, regardless of how they may have voted, that it is a satisfying moment to me and I want to express my appreciation to all of them and to Mr. Nixon personally. I particularly want to thank all of those who worked so long and so hard in this campaign on our behalf and who were generous to me in my visits throughout the country and who were generous enough to support me in the election on yesterday. To all Americans I say that the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging years for all of us. The election may have been a close one, but I think that there is general agreement by all of our citizens that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move this country safely through the 1960s. I ask your help in this effort and I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States and to the cause of freedom around the world. So now my wife and I prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. Thank you.’’

[@grungetruck8243]

There is an amazing amount of energy that exudes from this man's grave at Arlington Cemetery... Like he still lives on.

[@robertmoir5695]

He does still live on actually grunge truck Internet DVD etc .

[@SunnynPhilly]

He lives on thru his family.... Kennedey 24'

[@grungetruck8243]

Look how excited Jackie is....​@@robertmoir5695

[@robg71]

One Brief shining Moment....

[@AQ-bd8ry]

Much Love HelmerReenberg

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

“So now my wife and I prepare for a new administration and a new baby. Thank you” Sad to think he’d only have 2-3 more years with his son and family 😭

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Sad that his son would only live for almost another 40 before the plane crash with his wife & sister in law!!

[@robynhoward3210]

@@wilnerolivier7971 Standby for Jnr’s reappearance

[@lyndatrones1787]

Our country and the entire world had a very real chance on that beautiful day...

[@leighshepherd8356]

Wonderful moments ! Saw it live!

[@larryaldama1673]

🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[@jerryh2246]

GREAT MAN....Love that guy.. My MOM said... The whole school CRIED. She said the whole entire High School in Texas was crying Non-Stop teachers staff kids everybody

[@grungetruck8243]

I always ask the old timers about him coming to Johnstown Pennsylvania and the surrounding Steel towns.

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

People assume all of Texas and the south disliked President Kennedy. That is not true at all! He was the most popular president with an approval of over 82%, and never dipping below 55%. It was only the deep deep south that disliked him.

[@richardlawson6787]

Now the republicans would be cheering and ordering drinks...something happened to that party

[@chrisfreeman9960]

@@richardlawson6787 Alot happened to that party. Even quite recently. When that man began firing on Republicans playing baseball, seriously injuring one of them, there was a show of support between both parties, with Nancy Pelosi standing with Paul Ryan in a show of solidarity. When Pelosi's husband is brutally attacked in there home, there is no acknowledgement or any words of sympathy from former President Trump, other than claiming, with obviously no evidence, that the entry was from the "inside", when it obviously was a break-in from the outside. And his son, Don Jr., makes crude jokes about the event. It just shows how far, how very far down, the Republican party has gone, since the days of Nixon accepting defeat in a razor-thin victory for Kennedy. Nixon could have contested the election, as there was some question about some of the returns. But Nixon said he didn't want to put the country through months of stress. So he accepted the results of the election, and wished John Kennedy well. Compare the lost elegance of the transfer-of-power, once admired by the world, to the madness of the last election and aftermath...

[@croatianknight8594]

+@@richardlawson6787 Newts Grinches, Orange Baboon.

[@nadinetasmania]

The President elect - eloquent speaker. We all know how this turned out and to this day I will mourn the loss of this man to the world. Everything changed for US politics from the moment he was killed. Why history is important.

[@1burnman]

This is outstanding I enjoyed this

[@cv7801]

Beautiful video. Thank you

[@andrewsharisky7259]

This country has never fully recovered from JFK’s assassination.

[@Agent-cz9rj]

And it never will ! America was never the same after that.

[@katherinekeogh8591]

I agree. I was alive then. This country has absolutely never been the same since.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Well, when you get away with a crime, it emboldens the criminals. But hey, when a "defector" during the Cold War spends ZERO time in Jail on his return to cause Kennedy's head to move back (not forward) then HE gets shot in a "secure" Police Station basement next to a "you're late Ruby but here we come now and don't shoot me" Tan Suit "no we didn't take any notes nor make any recording while while talking to the guy who 'shot the President'".... It all stinks, the Dallas Mayor's brother was fired along with Allen Dulles after the Bay of Pigs setup, Tippit's nickname with other Dallas Police .... all of it stinks.

[@buckfizzard291]

Cause we're took over by israel

[@croatianknight8594]

+@@arcanondrum6543 Kennedy wore an extremely uncomfortable backbrace due to crewman he saved in South Pacific during WW-2. Conspiratard!

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

There were republicans that accused JFK of rigging or wrongfully winning the election, but Nixon himself never took advantage of the situation, publicly and privately congratulating President Kennedy and encouraging unity amongst the people. One of his finest moments.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

The states that have always been called in the '60 election was Illinois & Texas!! Illinois because of the Daley machine & Texas with LBJ's influence.

[@markmiller3308]

Nixon liked Kennedy. They were friends when they became Congressmen and Nixon was invited to Jack and Jackie’s Wedding but had something come up to prevent it.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Nixon liked Kennedy "so much" that he and George H.W. Bush are the only 2 people on Planet Earth who have more than one answer to "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?".

[@lisastiles1408]

Note how police, Secret Service, and what looked like military personnel, formed a veritable phalanx between the Kennedys and members of the general public. Three of them jumped out of the car behind them to shield the open door as the President Elect got out. On all sides, even as they moved, there was always someone between JFK and any person that could possibly be a threat. This was more than two months before he held office. Quite a bit different than 11/23/63.

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

@@arcanondrum6543 personally I feel as though Nixon was paranoid that being in the same specific city as the president he ran against would make the people suspicious of his behavior. I don’t know and personally don’t feel that he was involved because he didn’t have anything to gain but the suspicion of the American people (he didn’t even run in 1964). Bush on the other hand... I’m almost certain he’s got blood on his hands, and not just from bombing other countries.

[@carlrylander396]

Thanks very much and keep posting, President Kennedy. Was my previous incarnation. Before that I was incarnated as Abraham Lincoln.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

High honor to become President of 🇺🇸 🌎

[@margaretjiantonio939]

Politicians had more class back then. Not like now. Kennedy was a really classy individual.

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

Interesting how all the members of the Kennedy family had to be introduced to the public at the time. Bobby and Teddy would go on to be extremely well-known politicians, and even the rest of the family are extremely famous due to President Kennedy’s Camelot administration.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Joe Kennedy Sr. was ambassador to the UK in the administration of FDR!!

[@lisastiles1408]

By this time JFK had lost three of his siblings closest in age. His older brother, a pilot in WWII. His sister Kathleen in a plane crash not long after the war, and his sister Rosemary, that, unbeknownst to the rest of the family, had suffered a failed lobotomy and had been stashed away at an institution by his father, Joe Kennedy. Rose Kennedy would then lose two of her three remaining sons to assassin’s bullets. I can’t imagine the tragedy.

[@olivierletellier8280]

And Ted had his share of tragedy himself (plane crash and chappaquidik)

[@user-qv1zd3oj4g]

Exactly 62 years have passed since that moment

[@wilnerolivier7971]

The only 2 Kennedy family members still living who were at JFK's victory speech are Ethel & Joan!!

[@chuckersimsII]

The best President of the United States of America wooray for John F Kennedy 😊

[@micheleM-wn8qf]

JFK had some human weaknesses but speaking as a baby boomer I recall those wonderful sunlit days when we had a young President full of hope and laughter. He had a beautiful young family - before all the tragedies and losses - and it was a marvelous time to be an American...it seemed as if anything was possible...makes me wistful...

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

❤❤❤😊

[@arricammarques1955]

JFK mastery of the medium worked in his favor. His focus & convictions remain inspiring.

[@ShadinaHammersmith]

My Daddy💜💜💜🗡🕊 🕊 🕊

[@faisalvazquez3289]

I don't know if JF Kennedy imitates art or art imitates JF Kennedy

[@kngkrl22]

The greatest Democratic president of all times RIP JFK .

[@larryaldama1673]

FDR 🇺🇸

[@dcwinebuff]

36 years - yes, 36 years younger than the current incoherent corpse we have as a President.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

The incoherent corpse was the last guy who resembled a pumpkin!!

[@January.]

The prevalence of ignoramuses in the world is horrific.

[@January.]

@@wilnerolivier7971 The prevalence of ignoramuses in the world is horrific.

[@arcanondrum6543]

I like how Republicans seem to have adopted Kennedy (and his "come back to life" son) as "their guy". Republican Nixon meanwhile, had already been Vice President under Eisenhower (and because Eisenhower had more than one Heart issue while President, one wonders what role Nixon played in some sketchy decisions including the fact that Eisenhower had been in the Army and so; very likely relied on others' advice when for instance; appointing powerful Cabinet Secretaries). Nixon was a US Senator Prescott Bush lackey and Prescott is associated with all sorts of dirty deeds. In fact, Gerald Ford did the country a real disservice TWICE. First as a member of the Warren Commission and second when he buried the evidence being assembled against the Nixon Administration that was far, far worse than only bugging the Democrat's Headquarters.

[@dcwinebuff]

@@January. Like Biden! I agree. Thank you!