Photo of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. is dated 1972. During a White House luncheon 38 years ago, President Kennedy implored businessmen to support a national cultural center, saying most countries have grand, beautiful facilities, but "here in the world's greatest capital we have nothing.' Today, that center a 17 acre complex on the banks of the Potomac River is the nation's memorial to the slain president and a symbol of Washington's dramatic cultural growth. (AP Photo)