President John F. Kennedy helped inspire a nation to land a man on the moon – but he never got the chance to tweet about it.
That’s changing.
The JFK Library Foundation has launched a new project they’re calling “Words Count” that takes quotes from the nation’s 35th president and tweets them out using the (at)JohnFKennedy Twitter handle. The account features exact quotations said or written by Kennedy as president.
The goal is to use a 21st century medium to pass the baton of Kennedy’s soaring oratory to a new generation who only know him from history books and news clips.
Foundation officials won’t say if the project is also a swipe at President Donald Trump’s more bombastic use of social media, leaving it to readers to draw any conclusions.
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