'He Gave Me Hope for a More Peaceful World'

A Peace Corps volunteer was inspired by JFK to pursue a lifetime of service in Ghana

JFK delivers his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 1961. (Credit: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Record Group 274.6, Records of the Joint Inaugural Committee 1961)

[This is part of a continuing series of recollections of Nov. 22, 1963. Submit your JFK story in the comments sections here: “Where Were You When?”]

Denice Klein Douwel

In 1960 …