What is Kennedy's main point in this sentence? We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. We are a
ll the direct descendants of those who fought in the American Revolution. We must remember that America is a warlike nation. We must honor the sacrifices and ideals of those who won America's independence.
at this point in time when he gave his address he was talking about freeing enslaved and oppressed (communist) countries and how we are honor bound to do so because that's what the US was founded on.