John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on the twenty-second day of May in tribute to the American Merchant Marine" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 4, 1961

I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on the twenty-second day of May in tribute to the American Merchant Marine

Said by

Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

Proclamation 3403—National Maritime Day, 1961

More from John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Nov 13, 1963

No, we are going to bring back several hundred before the end of the year.

Nov 13, 1963

They may be facts which some would prefer to ignore.

Nov 13, 1963

Well, I don't think it is probably useful to discuss it in detail here.

Nov 12, 1963

The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland has been a lost cause.

Other voices in this conversation