Peace Corps: Quick Facts

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Date	1961 - present
Areas Of Involvement	peace • humanitarianism
Related People	John F. Kennedy • R. Sargent Shriver • Al Raby • Martin Puryear

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Peace Corps: teaching children in Paraguay

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John F. Kennedy: Peace Corps

R. Sargent Shriver leading the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to the White House, August 1961.

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