On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He gave his inaugural speech and concluded with this famous line that defined a generation. Kennedy's speech was, above all, a call to American citizens, and especially to America's youth, to participate in public service.
The GI bill was used to help soldiers coming home from war to get better housing education. before that there wasn't any opportunity for a soldier to get either one of those.
