John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address

Fifty years ago, JFK called our nation to service. Here is the speech.

Since that time we have become a nation of violence and a nation where service to others is scoffed at. "Compassionate conservatives" spent 2008 denigrating "community organizers" like our President.

We have come a long way...and it has not been all for the positive by any stretch.

NBC's Brian Williams discusses the day with Caroline Kennedy

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