How To Write An Essay About John F Kennedy's Assassination

President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was the 35th president of the United States, and he was born on May 29, 1917. When he was killed he was in a Lincoln convertible driving down a parade route. The supposed killer Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots, hitting two of the shots. One of the three shots hit Governor Connally, the other fatally struck the President. Both were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and 30 minutes later President Kennedy died in the hospital. The day after the assassination, the new President Lyndon Johnson made his first proclamation, making November 25 the day that they mourn the President the United States had lost.

The assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was born, in New
Orleans 1939, and was in the army from 1956-1959. he has also attempted to kill others as well as the President. One hour after Kennedy died, Oswald killed a policeman who suspected him in the Presidential murder. Almost 30 minutes after that, he was arrested after several reports of a suspicious character. On November 24,he was being moved from the Dallas Police Station to a more secure location. The press was there filming the whole thing and Jack Ruby came out of the crowd and wounded Oswald with .38 revolver. Ruby did this for the murder of Kennedy, he was thought of as a hero to many, but the jury gave him the death sentence for attacking the man who killed the President.