As a mental health advocate, Jewel is sharing why she decided to perform at an inaugural ball honoring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. At the event, Jewel sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for Kennedy ...

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration ...

It’s an exclusive club that may add to its members every four years: inaugural poets. There have only been six in the history of the United States, starting in 1961 with Robert Frost reciting his poem ...

The presidential inauguration ... Library of Congress. Frost got halfway through the introduction before moving on to reciting “The Gift Outright” from memory, as Kennedy had requested.

A sharp wind and the glare of light on the snow rescued Robert Frost, the first to start the tradition at Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961. He planned to read “Dedication”, which begins ...

As the sun’s glare reflected off the fresh blanket of snow at Kennedy’s inauguration, it proved too bright for Robert Frost to read a ceremonial poem. “Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson tried ...

Who was the first president to invite a poet to read at his inauguration? John F. Kennedy. Kennedy invited Robert Frost to read at the occasion of his inaugural. The eighty-six-year-old poet from ...

To get there, Trump followed a circuitous path that led him to a recent Democrat and rival-turned-ally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy. Washington received seven-tenths of an inch of snow that day. And considering the weather, perhaps it was only appropriate that the poet Robert Frost spoke at JFK’s inauguration.

Kennedy. "We are really ... recite poem LaRoche also recalled the band stopping their performance so poet Robert Frost could recite his poem, "The Gift Outright," for the inauguration. "It was a great ...

Robert Frost, “The Gift Outright,” 1961 John F. Kennedy Inauguration “The American people stand firm in the faith which has inspired this Nation from the beginning. We believe that all men ...