Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy shared a limo with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie on his way to the Texas School Book Depository. The Kennedy’s sat in the back of the limousine. As they approached the building, two gunshots were fired, and John F. Kennedy was shot in the head. He was rushed to the hospital but was unable to be revived.
The whole nation was in shock. Even today people who can remember the day of Kennedy’s assassination can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing.
24-year old Marine Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the assassination of Kennedy. Earlier, he was dishonorably discharged and lived in the Soviet Union for a short while. He was an open supporter of Castro and believed in Communism. While he was being transferred between jails, a man broke through the crowd and killed him.
On the day of John F. Kennedy’s funeral, the 25 of November, all worked stopped while everyone in the nation watched his burial on TV. Lyndon Johnson became president and was sworn into office aboard Air Force One.
In 1963 the Warren Commission opened an investigation and concluded that Oswald had killed the president on his own and was not, like many believed, part of a conspiracy. In 1979 there was a reinvestigation, which stated that Oswald was part of a conspiracy and that two people had fired at the president. Explanations ranged from it being a plot from either anti-Castro Cubans, a Communist-sponsored attack or a conspiracy by the CIA.
America learned from this assassination that their government system was very strong and a crisis like that could not make it fall. In a speech Johnson expressed his hope that “from the brutal loss of our leader we will derive not weakness but strength”.
Miriam & Yasmeen
9 comments:
This is a solid description of the circumstances surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. I liked the section mentioning various conspiracy theories about whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. A picture might have been nice to add some additional information and context. Nice job!
Nice description that gives insight into the background of the time period of the assassination. Perhaps include a picture next time to give the reader something to visualize?
Solid description, and lots of information. I like this, but you might want a visual.
Very informative! The section about conspiracies was really interesting as well. However, there were a couple grammatical mistakes, so you may want to check on those.
Very nicely done, I liked the clear information. There were some grammatical mistakes, but otherwise, it was really descriptive.
I thought this provided a lot of really good information. Nice job!
This summary was very informative and well written. But it would be nice to have a visual
Good summary of the background info on the assassination of JFK. Perhaps next time clean up some grammar and add a visual.
Good job describing the events leading up to the murder of JFK. The conspiracy theories definitely helped your posting. Your use of paragraphs definitely helped your posting, but you could have added a picture to present your point better.
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