1. July 11, 2012 Nancy McCoy Director of Education and Public Programs John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum The Legacy of the Marshall Plan Harry S. Truman Library & Museum John F. Kennedy and Foreign Aid for the 60s

2. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum  10-acre park  Archives and Museum  250,000 visitors annually

3. Archives  200,000 photographs  7,000 hours of audio recordings  70,000 volumes of printed materials  8 million feet of film  The Hemingway Collection

4. Museum Exhibits The Museum exhibits highlight the life and legacy of President Kennedy: 1960 Campaign and Election Cold War Peace Corps Space Program Civil Rights First Lady Kennedy Family Legacy

5. What was JFK’s Perspective on Foreign Aid? Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. Washington, DC. 20 January 1961 [Photograph by Army Signal Corps]

6. Food for Peace January 24, 1961 Swearing in ceremony for George McGovern as Director of Food for Peace. (L-R) Assistant to Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller; Eleanor McGovern and husband George McGovern. Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 23 January 1961 (AR6290-F ) [Photograph by Abbie Rowe]  Executive Order  Program Expansion

7. Peace Corps March 1, 1961

8. Alliance for Progress March 13, 1961 President John F. Kennedy (at far right) speaks at White House Reception for the Latin American Diplomatic Corps. 13 March 1961 (ST-C62-1-61) [Photograph by Cecil Stoughton]  Techo  Trabajo y Tierra  Salud y Escuela  Charter of Punta del Este, Uruguay (August 1961)

9. Alliance for Progress December 1961 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Speaks at La Morita Resettlement Project Ceremony, Venezuela. 16 December 1961 (ST-C290-2-61) [Photograph by Cecil Stoughton] President John F. Kennedy and President Alberto Lleras Camargo of Colombia unveil a plaque at a cornerstone- laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia. 17 December 1961 (ST-C290-1-61) [Photograph by Cecil Stoughton]

10. Special Message to Congress on Foreign Aid March 22, 1961 “ The 1960s can be – and must be – the crucial ‘Decade of Development’…”

11. UNESCO and Egyptian Antiquities April 7, 1961

12. Special Report on Foreign Aid from Representative Morris Udall President John F. Kennedy with Congressman Morris K. Udall (Arizona) at Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). 18 May 1961 (KN-17838) [Photograph by Robert L. Knudsen]

13. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 JFK and USAID Directors. June 1962 [photograph by Robert L. Knudsen]  US AID A single agency to promote long-term assistance for economic and social development

14. News Conference 27 March 14, 1962  “Mr. President: Some of the economy experts on the Hill….” John F. Kennedy, Press Conference (15 January 1962).

15. The Clay Committee Report March 20, 1963 President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the President’s Special Representative in Berlin, Lucius D. Clay. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. 7 January, 1962 (KN-C19839) [Photograph by Robert L. Knudsen]

16. “But are we tired of living in a free world?” - John F. Kennedy, November 8, 1963

17. Aftermath  Alliance for Progress  Peace Corps  Food for Peace (PL-480)  US AID