1962, like today, was a very dangerous time in history, when the world faced the threat of nuclear war.<br /><br />But we didn't have nuclear war, because some people found a way out of the crisis.<br /><br />In 1962 Kennedy sent American poet laureate Robert Frost to Moscow as an ambassador in a cultural exchange, an exchange of poets,<br /><br />In the summer of 1962, before and even during a part of the October missile crisis, Frost played the role of peacemaker.<br /><br />What happens when you allow poetry to enter the realm of politics?<br /><br />On Sunday Nov. 13 the Rising Tide Foundation hosted historian Gerald Therrien who answers these questions and more<br /><br />www.risingtidefoundation.net<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGro8XMi1q4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGro8XMi1q4</a>