But he did give us the greatest Photoshopped picture of all time.
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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But he did give us the greatest Photoshopped picture of all time.
Believe me, the LAST thing anybody here would want is for him to become a martyr.
25 years later-I was teaching at the same college as Mr. Larsen (he moved up). I stop in his office and we chatted for a few minutes about the day.
One of the greatest men, period. He alone spoke out against Hitler in the mid 1930s, and many in his own party wanted to throw him out because of it. If I could have dinner with one historical figure, he would be my top pick.
Remember nobody I knew liked him.
Remember my friend's Dad saying, "Now they'll make a saint out of the SOB!
Thanks. He must have flipped that out pretty quickly for the briefcase to be out in the street.
The other two wrote their own books.
Thanks for posting this.
What makes it a classic for me was putting the Dead Kennedys logo on the wall behind Oswald, made to look like graffiti.
Thanks for posting this.
Am 48 and remember Reagan getting shot; I was 19 in early ‘81
and had just started doing a college radio show. The UPI teletype started going crazy with all the breaking news. I wasn’t on air that day but was down at the station and heard all the bells and quick typing the machine did.
some odd piece of wood is on the ground, making a semi-cicle around where Hinckley is.
JFK was the first TV election, the beginning of style over substance. Obama is the ultimate expression of the trend.
Still, I’d take him over any Democrat today except perhaps Zell Miller.
As they said, Nixon won the debate on the radio, but JFK won it on TV.
and we have been lied to every one of these 47 years.....
Peter Kreeft wrote a book about the three of them, Kennedy, Lewis and Huxley, meeting after their deaths and the discussion they might have had.
Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley
http://www.amazon.com/Between-Heaven-Hell-Somewhere-Kennedy/dp/0877843899
How things change. For us we could go to the library where they had a big TV set up showing the coverage of the Challenger explosion.
It was sad that C.S. Lewis death received no headlines because of the death of Kennedy.
However, the more I have thought about it, I’m sure Lewis would just fine with that.
Oswald worked for FBI and was trying to infiltrate the extremists in Dallas.....he shot no one, and anyone who believes he did is wrong. Period.
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