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In reply to the discussion: Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building [View all]PufPuf23
(9,681 posts)32. The John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts honors JFK not Trump.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a National Cultural Center in the nations capital. In November of 1962, President and Mrs. Kennedy launched a $30 million fundraising campaign for the Centers construction. Former President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie participated in the event which demonstrated the bipartisan support for a world-class center for the performing arts in D. C. In 1963, President Kennedy signed legislation to extend the fundraising deadline for the Center.
Two months after President Kennedys assassination, by an Act of Congress signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 23, 1964, the nations National Cultural Center was designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. By this Act, President Kennedys devotion to the advancement of the performing arts in the United States was recognized.
from: https://www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/
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Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Yesterday
OP
THIS ... contracts are real and enforceable but they signed for the Kennedy Center not Trump/Kennedy Center
NotHardly
23 hrs ago
#14
so, if someone changes their name, due to marriage or other reason, debts like student loans are no longer collectable?
MichMan
3 hrs ago
#31
Redd is simply complying with contract law while avoiding a criminal charge of accessory after the fact.
Marcuse
Yesterday
#6
Grenell committed a repudiation of the contract by turning the center into a Trump shrine.
SunSeeker
23 hrs ago
#17
More like "extraordinary chutzpah" to replace the board and tell them to rename the place
William Seger
21 hrs ago
#23
Grenell: "True artists perform for everyone regardless of the political affiliation of audience members."
William Seger
21 hrs ago
#21
Am I Correct in Recalling That Felon47 Recently Packed the Board of the Kennedy Center with the Absolute
The Roux Comes First
21 hrs ago
#26
These rotten people sue for every damned thing. Remember when they were
travelingthrulife
11 hrs ago
#30