Monday, September 25, 1961

United Nations

Kennedy traveled to New York from his summer home on Cape Cod to deliver a major address to the United Nations General Assembly.

JFK addressing the United Nations General Assembly, September 21, 1961

While vowing to remain firm against territorial aggression, JFK challenged the Soviets to a “peace race” that included a ban on new nuclear testing and an eventual disarmament for all nuclear weapons.