John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
Introduction John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald is said to be Kennedy’s assassin although it’s rumored that William Greer, who was driving the limousine the president was in, is who killed the president. No one knows who exactly why Kennedy was assassinated.
Speech
President Kennedy was scheduled to deliver a speech in Dallas at a luncheon. His wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, went with him although she rarely traveled with him. Governor Connally and his wife were already sitting in the limousine and they were just waiting for the Kennedy’s to get in. The Kennedy’s sat behind the governor and his wife. It was getting sunny outside so the driver took the top
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As they were passing the Texas School Book Depository, all of a sudden gun shots were being fired. JFK was shot in the neck and in the head. His skull blew off and he leaned towards his wife after being shot in the head. Governor Connally was also shot, although he was shot in the chest, he still managed to survive. Lee Harvey Oswald was found responsible for his death.
Single Bullet Theory Some people believe in the “single-bullet theory” Which is a theory that says that the same bullet that wounded the governor also killed the president. Although this could be possible, the president was also shot in the neck so I couldn’t have been just one bullet. The evidence they have backs up this theory but it doesn’t explain the bullet the president got in his neck.
Who Killed The President? Lee Harvey Oswald is the person held responsible for assassinating the president. After Oswald was arrested, he was being transferred between prison facilities, he got shot. Jack Ruby shot Oswald and it was live on television. Oswald ended up dying 2 hours later at the same hospital that president Kennedy was taken to. Oswald was a former Navy Seal. Oswald worked in the Texas School Depository and supposedly that’s where the president was shot
November 22, 1963 is a day Jacqueline Kennedy will remember forever. Around 11:30 a.m. Jackie and her husband, the president, John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas, Texas. Jackie was excited to be in Dallas, but she also knew this trip could determine if her husband would be re-elected. At noon, the motorcade headed toward downtown Dallas. Everything was perfect; the people loved Mr. Kennedy. At 12:29, Nellie Conally, the wife of Texas governor, turns to the president and says,”Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you.” This was the last thing John F. Kennedy heard before he was shot. He replied with, “No, you certainly can’t.” Seconds later Jackie turns to her right and sees her husband has been shot once
On November 22nd, 1963, the assassination of the former United States of America president, John F. Kennedy, occurred. The John F. Kennedy Presidential LibraryhandhMuseumh(https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-death-of-the-president.aspx) states, at approximately 12:30 p.m. that day in a black convertible, Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, along with the Texas governor, John Connally, and his wife, Nellie, sat during a motorcade through Dallas. This was in an attempt to grant Kennedy maximum publicity to the Dallas crowds, prior to his appearance in Dealey Plaza. As the convertible drove past the Texas School Book Depository Building, gunfire rang throughout the plaza. It was later determined that Lee Harvey Oswald,
On Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, John Kennedy hoped to gain support for the upcoming election. Kennedy, who was accompanied by his wife Jaqueline, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas, Governor John B. Connally, and Mrs. Connally was riding in an open car in a motorcade driving from Love Field airport to the Dallas Trade Mart (“Kennedy”). At 12:30 p.m. CST, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot (“Kennedy”). The fearless John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy seemed to know that death would eventually arrive at his doorstep, as it did. Although one shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, was able to slay the president, questions still remain if he was the one and only shooter. Many unanswered
According to findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations, Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F. Kennedy. While all but one bullet hit the President, the third and final shot fired killed the President. They believe that President Kennedy was struck by two rifle shots fired from behind him from the sixth floor window of the southeast
Since the first shot complete missed its target, and the last shot hit Kennedy in the head, than that means that all other injuries between the President and Governor Connally must have been made by a single bullet. The single bullet theory describes an outrageous explanation of how both men were shot by the same bullet. It claims that the second shot by Oswald entered downward behind the President’s neck, and while inside Kennedy it changed directions moving upward exiting his throat.
On November 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy had traveled to Dallas, Texas to participate in a motorcade that was traveling to Dealy Plaza. He was sitting with his wife, Jacqueline on the back of a convertible followed by his Vice President, Lyndon Johnson behind him. While he passed the Texas School Book Depository, Lee Harvey Oswald set up a sniper post on the 6th story of the building. Oswald allegedly fired three shots at Kennedy, one missing him and two striking him in the neck and head. Sadly, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy passed away from his gunshot wounds and his Vice President, Lyndon Johnson was sworn into office right away.
On November 22, 1963 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy arrived in Dallas to an excited crowd of people lining the streets hoping to get a glimpse of the President. At 12:30 in the afternoon, the President’s car made the last, fatal turn. As the car turned left onto Elm Street, past the Texas School Block Depository and headed down the slope that leads through Dealey Plaza, Governor Connally’s wife said, “Mr. President, You can’t say that Dallas doesn’t love you” (Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy 48). Immediately after that, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States was shot once in the neck and again in the head (Report of the President's Commission on the
After Kennedy had served his thousand days in office, he was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 (2). He was in the car with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife; they were heading through the streets of downtown Dallas. They waved at the crowds that gathered along the parade route. When they passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor that ended up wounding Kennedy and injuring Governor Connally. He was struck twice; once in the neck and the head (2). Kennedy was pronounced dead after he arrived at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. He was 46 years old when he died. Twenty-four year old Lee Harvey Oswald was a Dallas citizen. He acted alone
“The car turned off main street at Dealey Pizza around 12:30p.m. As it was passing time at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the president’s neck and head and he slumped over toward to Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was also hit in the chest,” added
President Johnson got to the hospital as fast as he could. He stayed until he heard the dreadful news, then went back to the airport and got on the plane. The plane was already holding Kennedy’s body inside his casket. Others on the plane back to Washington included the new chief executive, and his wife, as well as Mrs. Kennedy. When the plane arrived back at the White House, Johnson gave a speech “this is a sad time for all people. We have suffered a loss that can not be weighed..” (Wilentz, Sean). Johnson had much sympathy for the citizens of his nation.
At 10:30am: Kennedy remarks to Jackie "you know, last night would have been a hell of a night to assassinate a president…" that is a reference to their late night motorcade through For Worth in Texas. At 11:50am: Multiple co-workers see Oswald on the first floor of the book depository eating lunch. With the motorcade leaving Love Field to begin the motorcade through Dallas.12:05pm: President Kennedy makes his first of many stops at groups of people waiting to meet him and shake his hand, delaying the motorcade by five minutes. The president 's last minutes are crunching to the impact of the gun shot from Lee. At 12:29pm: The president 's limo turns onto Elm St. The first shot is fired missing the president. A fragment from the bullet or debris from the street hit James Tauge who is watching the motorcade in Dealey Plaza. A man is standing near the Stemmons Freeway sign with an opened umbrella. With the umbrella man it is also a conspiracy theory that deals with JFK. At 12:30pm: The second shot is fired, causing Kennedy to go into Thornburn 's position, He was shot in the throat. This is a common neurological response to spinal damage. The third shot is fired, hitting the president on the back, right side of his head, causing a portion of his head behind his right ear to blow out. Right after the third shot is fired. Oswald quickly gets a Coke from the soda machine in the
There are many different views and ideas supporting the multiple shooter theory. Some say that the shots had to come from the front because Kennedy’s head goes back and to the left. Also, they say that
On a clear sunny day in Dallas Texas, November 22, 1963 to be exact, at about 12:30pm, the President's car rounded the curve in front of the Texas School Book Depository building and proceeded on to Main Street throughout Dally plaza. Shots rang out and the President was rushed to the nearby hospital and was declared dead at 1pm. The Vice President took the oath of office and flew back to Washington with the slain leader. The accused assassin was arrested, charged and then executed on national television in front of millions. Three days latter, the Texas officials in charge of the investigation declared the case closed and the new President set up a hand picked committee to investigate. The
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