
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts a suitable memorial in honor of the late President. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and provide within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts meet the highest level of excellence and reflect the cultural diversity of the United States provide facilities for other civic activities at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the National Center for the Performing Arts strive to ensure that the education and outreach programs and policies of the John F. The Center’s mission is established in its authorizing statute: present classical and contemporary music, opera, drama, dance, and other performing arts from the United States and other countries promote and maintain the John F. By this Act, President Kennedy’s devotion to the advancement of the performing arts in the United States was recognized. Johnson on January 23, 1964, the nation’s National Cultural Center was designated as a living memorial to President John F. Two months after President Kennedy’s assassination, by an Act of Congress signed into law by President Lyndon B. In 1963, President Kennedy signed legislation to extend the fundraising deadline for the Center. 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. Kennedy launched a $30 million fundraising campaign for the Center’s construction. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a National Cultural Center in the nation’s capital.
