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“Forgive Your Enemies, But Never Forget Their Names.” –John

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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” –John F Kennedy This quote was said by a man who was once someone that the American people would call the 35th President of the United States. John F. Kennedy was a very young President, as well as a very good looking president. Women would swoon over the idea of John F. Kennedy but also be jealous of his wife that he was married to at the time. John F. Kennedy is well known for his affair with Marilyn Monroe the world’s leading bombshell blonde in the 1960’s. This President is also well known for being assassinated in a convertible car while campaigning for the Democratic party. John F. Kennedy’s assassination had shook the United States because Kennedy was said to be a liked …show more content…

Kennedy came to the people with many unanswered questions.
There were questions that were wanted to be answered by the American people right away. The people wanted to know, when did the doctors decide that they needed to give up on saving Kennedy and pronounce his official death? According to the death certificate the doctors had stopped putting forth an effort to save him around 20 minutes after the President had arrived because he was already dead when he arrived. By the time the doctors had stopped they had given it an extra 10 minutes before pronouncing Kennedy dead to speak with Mrs. Kennedy on what she wanted to do. The doctor that had officially claimed Kennedy dead was a man by the name, Doctor Burkley. He had told Kennedy’s wife that John F. Kennedy had suffered a fatal wound and she was lucky to still be alive after what had happened to her husband. The FBI was at the hospital at which Kennedy had been pronounced dead in to start an investigation against the man who had shot Kennedy. When Mrs. Kennedy was told that her husband was now dead the FBI wanted the death certificate to stay sealed away from the public eye while they were looking into what had happened. This would allow for a deeper investigation done by the FBI themselves with no media drama getting out into the public that cannot be controlled.
Once John F. Kennedy was announced dead the Vice President was immediately informed that he was going to be sworn into office.

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