John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy. . , "I must say, having been here at three o'clock in the morning and now at six-thirty in the evening, that Waterbury is either the easiest city in the United States to get a crowd in, or it has the best democrats in the United States. In any case, our meeting here two years ago at three in the morning was the high point of the 1960 campaign, and we will meet at three o'clock in the morning the last week of the 1964 campaign and see what's going to happen then." , John Fitzgerald Kennedy , October 17, 1962 , Waterbury Green , (50,000 - present) , , This plaque is presented to the , John Fitzgerald Kennedy , Memorial Library , By the townspeople of Wolcott, Connecticut, , In gratitude to the only president in , history to honor the Waterbury area by , his continued promises to return , His pledge was fulfilled in the fall of 1964 , by the late president's brother , Robert F. Kennedy , Who has accepted this plaque on the , anniversary of that promise. We hope that , his library and the examples set therein, , Will serve as an , "Eternal Flame" , By which future generations of , Americans will be guided , , Presentation made at , The Kennedy Memorial Library Ball , State Armory, Waterbury, Conn..