Here is a brief history of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the nation build a public auditorium in Washington, D.C as a means to keep up with the global arts and culture scene, per the Kennedy Center’s official website.

The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts' annual show "Sankofa" in inspired by a Ghanaian term that means to look back at the past to learn for the future.

President Donald Trump is visiting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It's his first time at the marquee arts institution since he began remaking it at the start of his second term in office.