Everything has to start somewhere, and if you visit the Michigan Union building (a student center at Ann Arbor's University of Michigan) you can literally stand on the spot where President John F. Kennedy first urged to students to make a difference in the world by volunteering to live and work in developing countries.
That mention during a Kennedy campaign speech on October 14, 1960 may have been the first public mention of the idea that eventually became the Peace Corps, but it was his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver who went on to really develop the program and agency.
I found this medallion on one of the front steps of the Michigan Union, underfoot as students hurried by on the way to or from class on a busy weekday.
Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.
© Dominique King 2012 All rights reserved
Very historic - cool!
Posted by: Sonja | April 06, 2012 at 09:59 AM