The morning of November 22, John F. Kennedy woke up to light rain falling and to several thousand people in the parking lot of the hotel he stayed at. He was on a campaigning tour. He rode in a motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base, which he would take a 13 minute plane ride to Dallas. When he got to the airport in Love Field he spent several minutes shaking hands of the well wishers.
When JFK arrived in Dallas, he got into a limo with Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie. They opened the convertible and JFK sat on top. They left the airport to go on a 10 mile route that would go through downtown Dallas and ending at the Trade Mart where he was suppose to speak at a luncheon.
The Kennedy’s were passing the Texas School Book Depository when all of a sudden there was gunfire. A bullet went through JFK’s neck and his head slumped over and landed on Mrs. Kennedy. As soon as that happened the car sped away to Parkland Memorial Hospital.
John F Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00pm on November 22, 1963.
At 2:38 pm Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office for Sarah Huges- a U.S. district court judge.
Lee Harvey Oswalk was arrested for the assassination of the President. On November 24th Oswalk was schedualed to go from the Police Headquarters to County Jail.
Jack Rudy aimed a pistol and fired point blank range. Two hours later in Parkland hospital Oswalk died.
Monday November 25, 1963 in the Arlington National Cemetery, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was put to rest. That was also John F. Kennedy JR’s 3rd Birthday.
JFK will always be remembered by his quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Starting in 1964, John F. Kennedy replaced Benjamin Franklin on the united States Half Dollar. This made Kennedy the second assassinated president to ever appear on american coins. The first was Abraham Lincoln on the one cent piece.
In 2015, Kennedy will be the first president to appear on both the one dollar coin and the half dollar coin.
When JFK arrived in Dallas, he got into a limo with Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie. They opened the convertible and JFK sat on top. They left the airport to go on a 10 mile route that would go through downtown Dallas and ending at the Trade Mart where he was suppose to speak at a luncheon.
The Kennedy’s were passing the Texas School Book Depository when all of a sudden there was gunfire. A bullet went through JFK’s neck and his head slumped over and landed on Mrs. Kennedy. As soon as that happened the car sped away to Parkland Memorial Hospital.
John F Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00pm on November 22, 1963.
At 2:38 pm Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office for Sarah Huges- a U.S. district court judge.
Lee Harvey Oswalk was arrested for the assassination of the President. On November 24th Oswalk was schedualed to go from the Police Headquarters to County Jail.
Jack Rudy aimed a pistol and fired point blank range. Two hours later in Parkland hospital Oswalk died.
Monday November 25, 1963 in the Arlington National Cemetery, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was put to rest. That was also John F. Kennedy JR’s 3rd Birthday.
JFK will always be remembered by his quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Starting in 1964, John F. Kennedy replaced Benjamin Franklin on the united States Half Dollar. This made Kennedy the second assassinated president to ever appear on american coins. The first was Abraham Lincoln on the one cent piece.
In 2015, Kennedy will be the first president to appear on both the one dollar coin and the half dollar coin.
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