Why Was Kennedy Responsible For Jfk Assassination

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chronology of the events of the assassination, including the arrest and shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy died on November 22, 1963. He was assassinated in Dallas Texas, and was in the Dealey Plaza area. Kennedy had been speaking at many different states, and wanted to win the reelection. "As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza."(jfk.library.org) The time was about 12:30 in the evening, and many people were in the crowds where he was shot at. By 1:00 he was pronounced dead at the scene. The person who killed him had different reasons for his motives, which are still unclear to this day. It was not long until Oswald was killed the next day. Kennedy had been in a hotel with his family

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