Argumentative Essay On John F Kennedy Assassination

November 22, 1963 is a day that will forever be a mystery. This was the day that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The Warren Commission says that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a Soviet defector who sympathized with the Communists in Russia and Cuba. However, many Americans believe that Oswald couldn 't have done this alone. Theories range from multiple gunmen, to the shots being fired from a different location, as well as those who agree with the Warren Commission. The following information will help to educate you on the events that took place on that infamous day. President John F. Kennedy made a trip to Dallas, Texas, where he was scheduled to give a speech at the Dallas Trade Mart on that fateful November day. The route for the presidential motorcade was designed to get Kennedy to the trade mart while giving the maximum amount of public exposure. The motorcade drove Kennedy through the streets of Dallas, allowing him to be easily seen by spectators standing anywhere that they could to get a glimpse of the President. This particular motorcade was topless, so the …show more content…
Kennedy will forever live on as one of the worst days in American history. His charisma and leadership had positively changed this country for the short time that he was in office, and who knows what he could have done if he was able to finish his term and continue as a post Presidential figure. Kennedy’s legacy lives on through The Civil Rights Bill, NASA, the Boys and Girls Club, and many other programs that he supported. His legacy is represented by the Eternal Flame located at his grave in Arlington National Cemetery. This everlasting flame is a symbol to the mystery surrounding Kennedy’s assassination and has been burning since that fateful day in Dallas. President Kennedy did not die in vain, positive measures have been taken to ensure the security of the U.S. President, so that a tragedy like this will not happen