Ground is Broken for the J.F.Kennedy Center

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Summary

Ground is broken for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Subject

  • Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
  • United States President

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1965. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1965, p. 335.
  • Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 200.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 2, 1964

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Groundbreaking
  • Entertainers
  • Affiliated corporations
  • Buildings
  • Building
  • Performing arts

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