Lee Harvey Oswald

was shot during a presidential motorcade through Dallas, Texas. Many news crews were not even filming the motorcade as it was viewed by the news media as unimportant. They were waiting at his destination, the Dallas Trade Mart. Main suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was the subject of debate as to if he actually was the one who shot…

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…

It was not much after noon on an exciting November day. November 22, 1963 to be exact. Our great president, John F. Kennedy, rode down Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas when it happened. Endless crowds of thousands clapped and smiled as President Kennedy peacefully wove. Then, the assassination happened. Three gunshots fired into the air and could be heard over all the cheers. Everyone went silent. As I looked back at the car holding our president, first lady, and governor, I saw a lifeless…

civil rights and showing deep commitment to public services, as well as space exploration. However, for every great person, there are those who wish them harm. On November 22nd, 1963, president Kennedy was fatally shot by a Lee Harvey Oswald, while he was waving to the crowd. Oswald was never arrested for killing the president, rather, he was arrested for killing a policeman, 45 minutes after the JFK incident. According to a survey conducted by Gallup.com, only 29% of Americans believe it was a…

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy is a book by attorney Vincent Bugliosi that analyzes the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, focusing on the lives of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. The book is drawn from many sources, including the Warren Report. Bugliosi's 1,632-page, 1,535,791-word book analyzes all aspects of the assassination and the rise of the conspiracy theories about Kennedy's assassination in the years subsequent to the event.…

act fast to ensure their win. Shortly after his return to the United States, Marcello let it slip that he had “murder on his mind”, and soon became involved with an ex-Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was a well-known family friend of the Marcello crime family, and Marcello used those connections to have Oswald bend at his whim. On November 22, 1963, Marcello was in court hearing the verdict on his deportation case. He had a juror in his pocket and the verdict was that Marcello was…

years America has had a democracy, four assassinations of the president have transpired. First, Abraham Lincoln in 1865, followed by James A. Garfield 20 years later and next, William McKinley. The most astounding assassination, in 1963, when Lee Harvey Oswald shot John Fitzgerald Kennedy during a motorcade through Dallas, Texas while traveling in an open-top convertible. JFK continues to rank among the most beloved presidents of all time- for raising minimum wage, increasing Social Security…

this man was, what was everyone thinking I’m Audrey McCamish and this is five facts. November 22, 1963, was a special day in Dallas, Texas. President kennedy was coming to town for his campaigning trip for reelection. While not far away Lee Harvey Oswald was coming to work at the Texas School Book Depository Building, having a brown paper bag in hand. He went up to the sixth floor quickly with no questions asked and got into his position behind a couple boxes of books. In another place in…

“If somebody wants to shoot me from a window with a rifle, nobody can stop it, so why to worry about it” - John F.Kennedy, the morning of his death. John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United State. He was elected in 1960 by the Democratic Party. During his presidency, Kennedy had done a lot of effective jobs, such as The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Civil…

There are many theories on how John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated, but which one is true? John Kennedy was not the best president the United States had but he had goals to make the country better. He was forty-three when he was elected, he was the youngest president to be elected. On May 25,1961, he addressed congress saying “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”…