The next meeting of the La Jolla Democratic Club, now in its 57th consecutive year of operation, will be Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the AMC La Jolla 12 Theaters, 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive. The Community Room is the right of the Box Office. Parking is beneath Ralph’s Market on the same level as the Box Office.

 

The program will be a discussion by club members, candidates and guests of the June 2 primary election.

 

And there will be a video showing of President John F. Kennedy’s “Peace Speech”, which he delivered at American University’s commencement in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 1963. In the speech he called for an end to war, an end to nuclear weapons and complete and general world disarmament. Five months later, in Dallas, Texas, he was murdered. The speech is considered perhaps the best speech ever given by an American President, or maybe by any head of state in the world.

 

In opening the speech Kennedy said he was there to discuss “the most important topic on earth: peace.