Former President Barack H. Obama receiving the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, May 7 2017, as part of the centennial celebration of John F. Kennedy’s birth.
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, are presenting the award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The evening includes a special performance by James Taylor with Kim Taylor and Owen Young.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama accompanied
President Obama to the ceremony. The award presentation was held at the John F.
Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum during the Kennedy Library Foundation’s
annual May Dinner gala. The evening included a special performance by James
Taylor.
“John F. Kennedy knew that our best hope and our most
powerful answer to our doubts and to our fears lies inside each of us, in our
willingness to joyfully embrace our responsibility as citizens, to stay true to
our allegiance, to our highest and best ideals, to maintain our regard and
concern for the poor and the aging and the marginalized, to put our personal or
party interest aside when duty to our country calls or when conscience
demands. That's the spirit
that has brought America
so far and that's the spirit that will always carry us to better days. And I
take this honor that you have bestowed on me here tonight as a reminder that,
even out of office, I must do all that I can to advance the spirit of service
that John F. Kennedy represents.”
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ is presented annually to public servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for the personal or professional consequences. The award is named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight
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