JFK HONORS THE ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 12, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke at a ceremony in honor of Columbus Day. The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in the Flower Garden at the White House here in the Nation's Capital.
The ceremony was attended by Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morrison, historian and leader of the Harvard-Columbus Expedition of 1939-40 along with Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze.
The President said...
"I think Columbus has been a fascinating figure to me...partly because of his extraordinary skill as a navigator. Admiral Morison who...once followed Columbus' trip...found that...every marking along the Caribbean and the Central American coast as recorded in Columbus' diary was found to be exact with all of the modern instruments of navigation we now have."
JFK continued....
"I would think Columbus would have to be considered the foremost sailor not of his time but, I think, in history. All of us who have followed the great navigator to the United States have prospered and benefited."
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 12, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spoke at a ceremony in honor of Columbus Day. The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in the Flower Garden at the White House here in the Nation's Capital.
The ceremony was attended by Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morrison, historian and leader of the Harvard-Columbus Expedition of 1939-40 along with Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze.
The President said...
"I think Columbus has been a fascinating figure to me...partly because of his extraordinary skill as a navigator. Admiral Morison who...once followed Columbus' trip...found that...every marking along the Caribbean and the Central American coast as recorded in Columbus' diary was found to be exact with all of the modern instruments of navigation we now have."
JFK continued....
"I would think Columbus would have to be considered the foremost sailor not of his time but, I think, in history. All of us who have followed the great navigator to the United States have prospered and benefited."
Columbus Discovers America
October 12, 1492
By Dioscoro Teofilo Puebla Tolin
Library of Congress Image (1892)
