A Lincoln convertible that President John F. Getty Images. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. The limousine Kennedy was shot in, the SSX, was later equipped with a bulletproof roof and used during the Johnson administration.
The SSX, which remained in service until after being equipped with a bulletproof roof, is currently on display at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Mich. Kennedy was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally would recover. Before the plane took off, a grim-faced Lyndon B. The brief ceremony took place at p. He was being held for the assassination of President Kennedy and the fatal shooting, shortly afterward, of Patrolman J.
Tippit on a Dallas street. On Sunday morning, November 24, Oswald was scheduled to be transferred from police headquarters to the county jail. Viewers across America watching the live television coverage suddenly saw a man aim a pistol and fire at point blank range.
The assailant was identified as Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner. 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.
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