John F. KennedyBlack and white portrait of President Kennedy distributed by the White HouseJohn F. Kennedy was the President of the United States. He was also the youngest president and the first Roman Catholic. Although he was only in power for 2 years and 10 months, his legacy lives on today, through books, pictures, buildings and numerous conspiracy theories. Over the years, American society has portrayed him as an American hero fighting for peace and justice. The media have cultivated this image of “The Camelotlegend”. After his assassination on November 22, 1963, the Kennedy myth was formed. The legend developed as a means of relieving people's suffering and shock. Kennedy went down in history as one of the most important presidents. He was considered the mirror of American culture, American culture. man and with his death, some say his career took off. Polls after his death considered Kennedy to be the most popular president, beating George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Kennedy was undeniably a great leader with an appealing personality, but his accomplishments during his presidency have become the subject of much debate. He did a great job forcing Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to back down in the Cuban Missile Crisis and is also famous for starting the space program. That aside, "Even a knowledgeable person on the street would have difficulty naming a single historical event or achievement that could be attributed to JFK." paper ......gcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/jfk/default.htm, accessed 06/10/2005[8] B. Dooley, The Cuban Missile Crisis - 30 years later, (HistoryToday, issue vol.42 October 11, 1996)[9]B Dooley, John F Kennedy, (Times Archive, vol. 42. issue January 11, 1992)[10] Ibid[11] http://www.jfklibrary.org/lesson_space_race.html [12]H. Brogan, Kennedy, (Longman Press, 1996), p.116[13] http://www.space.com/news/kennedy_tapes_010822.html[14] M Luther King, John F. Kennedy (Transition, n° 15, 1964.) 27-28[15] Ibid[16] B Dooley, John F Kennedy, (Times Archive, vol. 42. number 11 January 1992)----------------- -- ------------------------------------------------ -- [KY1] /This didn't happen until well after Johnson. Trust in the presidency and almost every other institution was at an all-time high when K took office..