JFK: TIME's Best Cover Stories

1961: Kennedy Inauguration
"At last came the event that Jack Kennedy had awaited so long and worked so tirelessly to bring into reality. To the ring of fanfares he arose, removed his black topcoat, stepped forward with Chief Justice Earl Warren and, over a closed, family Douay Bible, repeated his oath in a clear, crisp voice. Whatever lay ahead of him, this would always remain the high moment of John Kennedy's life. Kennedy's inaugural speech, destined to be famed within minutes of its delivery, was about the last solemn occasion of the day."
From: The 35th, Jan. 27, 1961

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