Times published an audio recreation of the "watchmen on the walls of world freedom" speech he was scheduled to deliver at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963. In 1961, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, considered the most prestigious award for American Catholics. He was posthumously awarded the Pacem in Terris Award (Latin: Peace on Earth). It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of goodwill to secure peace among all nations. Kennedy also posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. Memorials and eponyms A small sample of the extensive list at the main article (link above) includes: Idlewild Airport in Queens, New York City, nation's busiest international gateway, renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963 NASA Launch Operations Center in Merritt Island, Florida named the John F. Kennedy Space Center on November 29, 1963. , U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ordered in April 1964, launched May 1967, decommissioned August 2007; nicknamed "Big John" Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964 John F. Kennedy School of Government, part of Harvard University, renamed in 1966 John F. Kennedy Federal Building in the Government Center section of Boston, opened in 1966 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, opened in 1970 in Dallas National cultural center was named John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1964, opened in 1971 in Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Columbia Point in Boston; opened in 1979 Statue of John F. Kennedy by Isabel McIlvain on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House in Boston; dedicated on May 29, 1990. , U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that began construction in 2011, and was scheduled to be placed in commission in 2020 Works Audio Books Video Newsreel footage of the inauguration ceremony and speeches See also Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy Doyle, William, PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy, (2015), New York, Harper Collins, ISBN 978-0-06-234658-2 Electoral history of John F. Kennedy 1960 United States presidential debates Eyre Square Jesuit Ivy Kennedy Doctrine Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend List of memorials to John F. Kennedy Orville Nix, photographer of a film of the assassination "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" retort by Senator Lloyd Bentsen,