John F. Kennedy was the bright future for the American people. He brought youth to the White House for the first time in our nation's history. Not only did John F. Kennedy bring youth, but he also brought change and new ideas to improve the nation. Kennedy, during his first term in office, improved peace talks with the Soviet Union. He also was working on ideas to halt the Vietnam War. His work could not be done in a single term as president. Kennedy had to start campaigning for reelection, and decided to make trip a to hostile Dallas to campaign. The President arrived in Dallas to a crowd of happy people hoping to get a glimpse of the President. As his motorcade proceeded down Elm Street, Governor Connally's wife said 'You can't say that Dallas isn't friendly to you today.' John F. Kennedy was assassinated (Untied Press International 14).
Rifle of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of Presid...
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Criminal inteligence report (FBI) with a newspaper...November 22, 1963, would be the day Camelot would come crumbling down. Our nation and the world mourned the death of our young, inspiring President.
It has been thirty years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and people are still uncertain as to who assassinated him. There have been theories that the CIA and the FBI were linked to the assassination. All of these theories have been disproven by other theories. The government's theory is that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald's past may answer some questions as to why he is considered to be the assassin of John Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, to a lower middle class family. His father died two months before he was born. This left Oswald to be taken care of by his...