Fifty years ago President John Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable inauguration speeches since President Lincoln. Kennedy’s words still resonate after all these years when he stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” After the Lincoln address, Kennedy’s address has to be the most memorized/recited speech by school children in our history. Those of us who watched the speech live still recall how it invigorated and inspired us. His words are forever etched in the lexicon of our nation.

Kennedy’s short term in office was often compared to a play that was on Broadway at the time, namely, the award winning epic, Camelot. The gist of the story is that King Arthur wants to create a new kind of knight—one who does not pillage and fight, but one who attempts to foster honor and justice. One could argue that Kennedy embraced these same tenets. In any event, the media equated his presidency in a similar vein to the glamorous characters in Camelot.

The song Camelot describes that of which this idyllic kingdom consists:

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