President John F. Kennedy zei het in 1963 al: ‘I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.’ Op 6 december 2009...Walter Cronkite was van 1978 tot 2002 ‘host’, sinds 2002 is dat de taak van Caroline Kennedy, dochter van John F. Kennedy, de naamgever van de Kennedy Center en de Kennedy Center Honors.