JFK SPEAKS AT SIGNING OF GERMAN PEACE CORPS CHARTER
Bonn, Germany (JFK+50) On June 24, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke at the signing of a charter establishing the GERMAN PEACE CORPS at the Villa Hammerschmidt*, the German Presidential residence, here in Bonn.
President Kennedy said:
"Western Europe and the United States really are islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty. South of us live hundreds of millions of people on the edge of starvation, and I think it is essential that we demonstrate our concern for their welfare."
Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintained their neutrality. This is a moral crisis. This is an opportunity and I am confident that the German youth and...the older citizens...will lay a seed which will bring a rich harvest for all."
*Villa Hammerschmidt, the primary official seat & residence of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1950 to 1994. VH opened in 1860. It is built in the Neoclassical style. The villa is called "the White House of Bonn".
Villa Hammerschmidt
April 17 2016
Photo by Leit
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