Persuasive Essay On John F Kennedy Assassination

Each person’s memory thinking back to November 22, 1963 may be slightly different. Maybe they were on their way to a big event or on their way to run a simple errand but, everyone will forever remember the 22 of November as the day one of America’s most beloved presidents was assassinated. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy will forever remain one of America’s greatest mysteries. Through collective memory, individual memory and the power of the media though, this day will be forever kept in many Americans minds. The year was 1963 my grandparents, Sandy and Charlie O’Donnell, were both in young and in their 20s at the time. Although they are each in their 70s now – they still remember this like it was yesterday. My grandmother, who was pregnant with my mother at the time, was driving home from shopping when we decided to stop by her parent’s house where she found her dad outside. He asked if she had heard the news that he had just heard on the radio – Kennedy has been shot. It took my grandmother’s breath away. She told me “anywhere you went you would hear about the assassination; there was no escaping it”. …show more content…
Although most believe the answer to the question of “who killed President Kennedy” is Lee Harvey Oswald. There are some that would whole heartily disagree. Such as, Jim Garrison the District Attorney for New Orleans. Garrison fully believed that the Warren Commission had failed the American public and did not conduct a proper investigation in regards to the Kennedy assassination. He believes there were huge missing pieces evidence and that “our federal intelligence agencies are implacably determined to do whatever is necessary to block any further inquiry into the facts of the assassination.” (Brener). Garrison, as well as the American public, was hunger for answers about who could have been reasonable for this unspeakable