John F. Kennedy Assassination, 1963
It was late morning, sun shining through the windows, cool breeze in the air as Linda was about to go to the store for her mother. With her mother yelling at her not to forget the grocery list, she had to keep reminding herself to turn the TV off before she left. Linda running to turn it off so she could leave, stopped in her tracks as she saw news headlines across the TV. She stood there, not believing what she was reading. She yells for her mother to come in there to see if it’s actually happening. Her mother tells her it’s true, John F. Kennedy was shot passing the Texas School Book Depository Building.
President John F. Kennedy was sitting in a Lincoln convertible with Jacqueline Kennedy, his …show more content…
Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral for a requiem Mass” (John F. Kennedy Assassin.). That was a difficult day for the citizens of America. The funeral was displayed across everyone’s televisions as they just sat back and watched the devastating news. “It was a very depressing time for everyone, we all loved President Kennedy, he was inspirational and such a caring guy. He made many changes to this country and no one could believe what had actually happened” (Osborn, Linda). Linda sat in her living room and watched the funeral on her television with her family, all in shock and no one knowing what to do. The town was quiet and people stayed in their houses, no one wanting to go anywhere because things just weren’t the same anymore.
On November 29th, President Johnson appointed the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This commission became known as the Warren Commission, after its chairman Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. “President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him” (Death of the …show more content…
Kennedy was a very tragic event that took place in America’s history. John F. Kennedy was an outstanding President that everybody adored. He always had a smile on his face and kept people going throughout their bad days. When people saw that he had been shot in Texas, driving past a school, they were absolutely devastated. No one believed what they were seeing and didn’t think it could get any worse. No one left their houses for anything, they all sat in mourn. When they learned that Oswald was the killer, they grew hatred and didn’t understand why he’d do such a thing like that to the President of the United States. Not much later did they find out that he was possibly in a “gang” and had been paid to shoot Kennedy. There was a possibility of Ruby being the one to pay him, which was reported when Jack Ruby had shot Oswald before his trial. When Oswald was shot, questions rose to why, as well as people’s excitement, with them believing he deserved such cruel punishment for doing what he did to the Kennedy
It was late morning, sun shining through the windows, cool breeze in the air as Linda was about to go to the store for her mother. With her mother yelling at her not to forget the grocery list, she had to keep reminding herself to turn the TV off before she left. Linda running to turn it off so she could leave, stopped in her tracks as she saw news headlines across the TV. She stood there, not believing what she was reading. She yells for her mother to come in there to see if it’s actually happening. Her mother tells her it’s true, John F. Kennedy was shot passing the Texas School Book Depository Building.
President John F. Kennedy was sitting in a Lincoln convertible with Jacqueline Kennedy, his …show more content…
Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral for a requiem Mass” (John F. Kennedy Assassin.). That was a difficult day for the citizens of America. The funeral was displayed across everyone’s televisions as they just sat back and watched the devastating news. “It was a very depressing time for everyone, we all loved President Kennedy, he was inspirational and such a caring guy. He made many changes to this country and no one could believe what had actually happened” (Osborn, Linda). Linda sat in her living room and watched the funeral on her television with her family, all in shock and no one knowing what to do. The town was quiet and people stayed in their houses, no one wanting to go anywhere because things just weren’t the same anymore.
On November 29th, President Johnson appointed the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This commission became known as the Warren Commission, after its chairman Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. “President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him” (Death of the …show more content…
Kennedy was a very tragic event that took place in America’s history. John F. Kennedy was an outstanding President that everybody adored. He always had a smile on his face and kept people going throughout their bad days. When people saw that he had been shot in Texas, driving past a school, they were absolutely devastated. No one believed what they were seeing and didn’t think it could get any worse. No one left their houses for anything, they all sat in mourn. When they learned that Oswald was the killer, they grew hatred and didn’t understand why he’d do such a thing like that to the President of the United States. Not much later did they find out that he was possibly in a “gang” and had been paid to shoot Kennedy. There was a possibility of Ruby being the one to pay him, which was reported when Jack Ruby had shot Oswald before his trial. When Oswald was shot, questions rose to why, as well as people’s excitement, with them believing he deserved such cruel punishment for doing what he did to the Kennedy