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In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a National Cultural Center in the nation’s capital. In November of 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy launched a $30 million fundraising campaign for the Center’s construction. Former President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie participated in the event which demonstrated the bipartisan support for a world-class center for the performing arts in D. C. In 1963, President Kennedy signed legislation to extend the fundraising deadline for the Center. Two months after President Kennedy’s assassination, by an Act of Congress signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 23, 1964, the nation’s National Cultural Center was designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. By this Act, President Kennedy’s devotion to the advancement of the performing arts in the United States was recognized.
The Kennedy Center is at 2700 F St NW, Washington, D.C., DC.
Videos
Marjorie Prime
Prologue Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) | ||
Pasión y Fuego: The Music of Spain
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (6/15 - 6/15) CONCERT
PHOTOS
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Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) | ||
Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents Ruddigore
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (6/7 - 6/16) | ||
Tom's Elton Tribute
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (8/14 - 8/14) | ||
Is God Is
Constellation Theatre Company (6/13 - 7/14) | ||
Rose: You Are Who You Eat
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (6/5 - 6/23) | ||
Zavala-Zavala
GALA Hispanic Theatre (6/21 - 6/23) | ||
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Imagination Stage (6/20 - 8/10) | ||
Funny Girl
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (6/25 - 7/14) | ||
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