What a fascinating slice of American history. Regardless of where you were when it happened, or when you came about after it happened, the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has captivated the hearts, minds and imaginations of Americans for the last 48 years.
It was on November 22, 1963, that President Kennedy rolled through Dallas with his wife, various members of his staff, and plenty of security. The only security lacking was the fact that he was rolling through Dealey Plaza in a convertible limousine. This left the president exposed to the multiple rifle slugs that would find his body, as he rode through a crowd of adoring constituents, fans and apparent foes…or maybe just one foe.
Lee Harvey Oswald has worn the black shroud of guilt of the assassination, since his own murder, which took place two days later in broad view of television cameras, as Oswald was being transported from holding chambers by police. Jack Ruby, unlike Oswald, was actually caught in the act, tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Ruby became ill while in prison and died of lung cancer in 1967.
There are few things that will stir up controversy more than the death of JFK. His assassination is steeped in conspiracy–a questioning belief that if Lee Harvey Oswald actually were a gunman involved in the assassination, that he was in no way acting alone. There are those who have long accepted Oswald as the singular killer of the President of the United States, but with a little research the puzzle pieces struggle to fit. With a lot of research, they simply don’t. It’s not to say that he could not have achieved such a terrible goal, and did not, yet 48 years later, questions remain.
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