Nov 22nd used to be a very observed date.
That’s all over now. I wonder how many people today know much of anything about it.
And even fewer know that Oswald tried to assassinate General Edwin Walker (Ret.) on April 10, 1963. Took a shot by firing into a window of Walker’s home and just missed.
The FBI discovered that the attempt was made on Walker by Oswald during the Kennedy investigation. Marina corroborated the story. Walker was a right-winger, Oswald called him a Hitler-like fascist.
Walker was connected with a Wanted Poster for Kennedy done as a political statement. It accuses Kennedy of treason and the charges read much like what has been written about Obama, just substitute Muslim for Communist.
Walker and Oswald both hated Kennedy, but Walker never took a shot at him. He did have to resign and retire after being found guilty of violating the Hatch Act in 1961. He passed out John Birch Society writings to soldiers under his command.
Little snippets of history lost to most.
When I worked in Dallas, I drove by the Walker mansion every day. It was on Preston Road and seems like everybody knew exactly which window Oswald had fired through.
Subsequently, if I am not mistaken, the mansion was purchased by Harding Lawrence, the President of Braniff Airways, and his wife Mary Wells -- co-founder of the Wells, Rich & Green advertising agency which did the Braniff ads ("The End of the Plain Plane").
May 29, 2017 will mark the 100th anniversary of JFK's birth. I would not be surprised if a big deal is made of it.
I was in 2nd grade when it happened. I remember the day and the events that followed although not with much understanding because of my age. Those around my age would be the tail end of those who have memories of the assassination. I think as those who had first hand memories age and die, JFK will recede into history like the other Presidents who were assassinated.