“It's not something I wanted to do.” He found an alternative in the Peace Corps. So after graduating college he found himself in Ethiopia in 1971 – a world away from the family farm he grew up o ...

In 1961, with an executive order, John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps. Kennedy established the Navy SEALs in 1962. In what is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy placed a naval blockade ...

Still, his legacy lives on in such programs as the Peace Corps and space exploration when, in 1969, Americans walked on the moon. National Portrait Gallery John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Portrait ...

Appelgate said she spent two years in the Peace Corps, working on environmental ... “When I think of JFK, I always think of Martin Luther King (Jr.) right away.” Bill Shepard, 66, of Des ...

JFK Presidential Library Nigeria's first Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, held talks with Kennedy at the White House in July 1961 Then another month later, Kennedy launched the Peace Corps ...