JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America. He was shot while riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was then rushed to Parkland Hospital and approximately 30 minutes later he was pronounced dead at the age of 46. At 1:00 P.M. his body was removed and taken back to Washington aboard Air Force One with Jackie and his successor. It is said that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots for the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. This harshly wounded John F. Kennedy and it also injured Governor Connally. Kennedy was buried below Arlington House with full military honors and then an eternal flame was lit near the window to mark the grave. ("John …show more content…
We as Americans will never truly know the true story because there are so many different possibilities that it could be. Like in the assassination of Kennedy, I read that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated Kennedy all by himself, but then I also heard that there was other people who could’ve been involved with the assassination. From my interviews and the research I did on this topic, I have concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Whether there was other people involved or it was just Oswald, Kennedy and Ruby, I don’t know. I can not humanly answer that question. So, for now the story of JFK’s assassination is this, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald going through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was then immediately taken to Parkland Hospital and pronounced dead soon after. They then flew him back to Washington and on this flight the Vice President, Lyndon Johnson was sworn into Presidency. Many people sat by the T.V’s and radio’s and waited for more news to come on about the assassination. It was a horrible time and like Mrs. Leidy said, “Nothing like this happened during this day of age!” (Leidy, Claretta.) People were in shock over this horrific and terrible event in
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America. He was shot while riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was then rushed to Parkland Hospital and approximately 30 minutes later he was pronounced dead at the age of 46. At 1:00 P.M. his body was removed and taken back to Washington aboard Air Force One with Jackie and his successor. It is said that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots for the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. This harshly wounded John F. Kennedy and it also injured Governor Connally. Kennedy was buried below Arlington House with full military honors and then an eternal flame was lit near the window to mark the grave. ("John …show more content…
We as Americans will never truly know the true story because there are so many different possibilities that it could be. Like in the assassination of Kennedy, I read that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated Kennedy all by himself, but then I also heard that there was other people who could’ve been involved with the assassination. From my interviews and the research I did on this topic, I have concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Whether there was other people involved or it was just Oswald, Kennedy and Ruby, I don’t know. I can not humanly answer that question. So, for now the story of JFK’s assassination is this, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald going through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was then immediately taken to Parkland Hospital and pronounced dead soon after. They then flew him back to Washington and on this flight the Vice President, Lyndon Johnson was sworn into Presidency. Many people sat by the T.V’s and radio’s and waited for more news to come on about the assassination. It was a horrible time and like Mrs. Leidy said, “Nothing like this happened during this day of age!” (Leidy, Claretta.) People were in shock over this horrific and terrible event in