Monday-Wednesday, August 28-30, 1961: Peace Corps

Background: Earlier entries on the Peace Corps, from October 14, 1960 and March 1, 1961.

Monday, August 28: President Kennedy hosts ceremony for the first group of Peace Corps volunteers. (Audio: @; video: @)

Tuesday, August 29: The volunteers leave for the African nations of Ghana and Tanganyika. (Left, members of Ghana I, before leaving Washington.)

Wednesday, August 30: Volunteers arrive.

* Timeline (from www.peacecorps.gov): @

* Founding Documents of the Peace Corps" (from National Archives): @

* Peace Corps News (Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1961): @

* First-person account of leaving for Ghana: @

* Peace Corps Ghana: @

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