Oswald died two hours later at Parkland Hospital. That same day, President Kennedy's flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol on a caisson drawn by six grey horses, accompanied by one riderless black horse. At Mrs. Kennedy's request, the cortege and other ceremonial details were modeled on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Crowds lined Pennsylvania Avenue and many wept openly as the caisson passed.
During the 21 hours that the president's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, about , people filed by to pay their respects. The funeral was attended by heads of state and representatives from more than countries, with untold millions more watching on television. Afterward, at the grave site, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband's brothers, Robert and Edward, lit an eternal flame. Perhaps the most indelible images of the day were the salute to his father given by little John F.
Kennedy Jr. As people throughout the nation and the world struggled to make sense of a senseless act and to articulate their feelings about President Kennedy's life and legacy, many recalled these words from his inaugural address:. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days, nor in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration. Nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
But let us begin. To learn more about President Kennedy's funeral and grave site, go to the Arlington National Cemetery website. On November 29, President Lyndon B. President Johnson directed the commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him.
The US House of Representatives established the House Select Committee on Assassinations in to reopen the investigation of the assassination in light of allegations that previous inquiries had not received the full cooperation of federal agencies. Note to the reader : Point 1B in the link below to the findings of the House Select Committee on Assassinations states that the committee had found "a high probability that two gunmen fired" at the president.
After the report appeared in print, acoustic experts analyzed the tape and proved conclusively that it was completely worthless—thus negating the finding in Point 1B.
The committee, which also investigated the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Through the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of , the US Congress ordered that all assassination-related material be housed together under supervision of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Skip past main navigation. JFK in History. Life of John F. Kennedy Life of Jacqueline B. Kennedy on the Economy and Taxes John F. Kennedy and the Press John F. Kennedy and PT John F. November 22, Death of the President. Shortly after noon on November 22, , President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. Campaigning in Texas A month later, the president addressed Democratic gatherings in Boston and Philadelphia. Morning in Fort Worth A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night.
The Assassination Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The President's Funeral That same day, President Kennedy's flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol on a caisson drawn by six grey horses, accompanied by one riderless black horse. As people throughout the nation and the world struggled to make sense of a senseless act and to articulate their feelings about President Kennedy's life and legacy, many recalled these words from his inaugural address: All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days, nor in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration.
The House Select Committee on Assassinations The US House of Representatives established the House Select Committee on Assassinations in to reopen the investigation of the assassination in light of allegations that previous inquiries had not received the full cooperation of federal agencies.
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