The Kennedy Center, whose fate as a national cultural center remains uncertain, has a more precarious history than many might realize.
Though the famed Center did not open until 1971, the idea of it first came to Eleanor Roosevelt , known for professionalizing the role of first lady, in 1933, during the throes of the Great Depression; she proposed a national cultural center that could employ out-of-work actors.
Congress passed a resolution to move forward with such a building in 1933, but it wasn’t until 1958 that it gained momentum as part of the National Cultural Center Act, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law. According to…
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