Posted on 11/22/2010 8:45:12 AM PST by NEWwoman
Remembering the Fateful Day in Dallas When President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated
CBS) It seems so long ago, and so recent.
Those of a certain age will remember where they were 47 years ago today when they heard about the shots ringing out in Dallas. Subsequent assassinations of public figures did not quell the pain felt by the nation when President John F. Kennedy was killed, less than three years after entering office, at the age of 46.
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was waving to the cheering crowd as his motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street when gunfire was heard.
The president slumped into the back seat of his open limousine with gaping wounds in his head and neck.
He lost consciousness immediately.
JFK: The Assassination (Photos)
A third bullet tore through the chest and arm of Texas Governor John B. Connally, Jr, who was riding in the limo along with the Kennedys.
The car sped to nearby Parkland Hospital where the president, 46, was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.
The governor's wounds were severe but not fatal. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, seated next to her husband, was not injured.
Two hours after the shooting, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald and charged him with murder.
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Actually it was THE WORKER
Yes I remember a lot of things I shouldn’t and have freaked a few people out over it. Not things that anyone would hve ever said but hve been told I was correct. I’ve been told I’m like an elephant with a near photographic memory.My Dad was very big on news and telling me when to pay attention because I was watching history being made. In none of the repalys of the funeral procession have they ever got that haunting sound of the clopping of the horses as loud as it was live.
* that haunting sound of the clopping of the horses *
What a description. Someone could write a book, collecting such unique and descriptive memories on what they remember when JFK was shot.
I visited Dealey Plaza in August, 1966. If I remember correctly, there was nothing there at the time to commemorate the event, and the building from which Oswald fired the shots was either vacant or still being used as a warehouse.
The first such day of my life was December 6, 1957, when Vanguard I, America's first attempt to launch a satellite, exploded at Cape Canaveral. However, I learned about it from the newspaper, not television. The Sputnik I and II shots also generated a great deal of excitement.
Kennedyphilia among conservatives, especially younger ones, is probably the result of four and a half decades of the media lionizing JFK and promoting the "Camelot" myth. At the time of his presidency, conservatives liked Kennedy as much as they like Obama today.
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