In the leadup to this event, a former friend of its subject was uninvited via a phone call from Evelyn Lincoln due to fears that his marriage to Swedish actress May Britt would upset southerners. A speech at this event promised that “we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe” for the cause of liberty. A myth claims that this event caused American men to stop wearing hats. Leonard Bernstein composed a fanfare for this event that premiered during a (*) gala produced by its subject’s Rat Pack associate Frank Sinatra. This event established a precedent by inviting a cultural figure who, because of bright sunshine, had to recite the line “The land was ours before we were the land’s” instead of “Dedication.” For 10 points, an exhortation to “ask what you can do for your country” was given at what event where Robert Frost read “The Gift Outright”? ■END■
ANSWER: inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy [or inauguration of JFK; prompt on presidential inauguration] (The first sentence refers to Sammy Davis, Jr.)
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