(1888 PressRelease) A creative group of senior Nashville artists has just released "JFK 50: A Memorial Album" which honors and remembers President John Kennedy on the approaching 50th anniversary of his death. Nashville producer and two time Grammy winner, J. Aaron Brown, says the album is "a folksy blend of songs and narrations that will touch the hearts of all who experienced that tragic day in November 1963."…
April 15th 1961 Kennedy sponsors invasion of Cuba; April 17th Invasion; April 18th Invasion of Bay of Pigs fails…
The article “Was My Father the Reason JFK Got Shot?” explain how Sophie Yarborough became curious of her father’s political career. She decided to do a bunch of research of find out information herself.…
President John F. Kennedy was the 35th and youngest president to take office. JFK was born May 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. According to Biography.com, “from a young age he was set on a path to political greatness.” After attending Harvard, John F. Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy. Unfortunately after two sailors died and Kennedy badly injured his back, he was discharged from the Navy. Upon discharge, he earned a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroic actions and a Purple Heart for his injuries to his back. After the Navy, JFK was a reporter for Hearst Newspapers for a very short time. After working for the Hearst Newspapers, JFK began his political journey at the age of 29. In 1946, he decided to run for…
We shocked you with the first set of seven odd facts that you didn’t know about Ronald Reagan in our part one article, and we have finally returned to completely blow your mind with part two! Whether you love or hate this former president, we promise that we have all the interesting facts that you will want to know about this man! Read on to discover the top eight facts about Ronald Reagan that our article has to offer!…
John F. Kennedy will always and forever be one of America's greatest presidents. Hey not only risked his life for what he believed in, but ended up paying the ultimate price with his life to change America for the better. Before his death in Dallas, Texas on November 22nd 1963 he made changes that will forever be in the hearts and minds of Americans. In his short-lived presidential term JFK accomplished a lot for this country and gave his people hope for equality. He accomplished a lot but his greatest achievements include his promotion of the “New Frontier" program, signing the civil rights act of 1964, and launching Project Apollo. All of these would help shape…
JFK was more than a hero, but a great leader too. He was assassinated even after serving in the navy, serving in the House of Representatives and Senate, and serving as 35th President. His leadership had a big impact on America, and he will forever be remembered. Even though JFK was loved by many, some people just had to take his life with a…
The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the most controversial and debated topics in American History. November 22, 1963, the day that JFK was assassinated, is a day that will live in infamy in the mind of every American. It is not certain why Kennedy was murdered, or who actually murdered him. Speculations as to who murdered the president first lead to Lee Harvey Oswald. The Warren Commission, appointed by president Lyndon B. Johnson was established to determine who killed JFK and why. In the eyes of many Americans, the Warren Commission failed to come to an accurate conclusion. The biggest slip up that the Commission made was disregarding key eyewitness reports that they considered to be incompatible,…
What really happened to President Kennedy the day he was assassinated? On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dallas' Dealey Plaza. However, there have been many claims as to how he really died. It is believed that Lee Harvey Oswald shot the President.…
Lee Harvey Oswald was taken to the Dallas City Jail in custody and for forensic evaluation. He was arrested at 1:50 P.M., November 22, 1963, in a movie theater in Dallas after a police dispatcher announced: “Have information a suspect just went in the Texas Theater on West Jefferson.” Before the arrest, the president and an officer were killed. At the cell, Oswald had an attorney called upon his behalf to represent him in court. The attorney described Oswald, who was dressed in white T-shirt and slacks, as calm and rested. He had a bruise over one eye but appeared to be in good health. The attorney then requested a forensic psychologist for further evaluation. The psychologist reported that Oswald did not confirm nor deny whether he worked alone, nor would he reveal any other information. The psychologist was prompted by the attorney to visit the family.…
When you really look into Kennedy’s past however, you find that he made a lot of enemies as attorney general. He had supported the minority blacks in the South, helped the Mexican farm workers, put away many low level criminals, ran anti-communist campaigns, and the one thing he supported that got him killed; his support of the state of Israel. The man that shot Kennedy was a Jordanian nationalist and hated Kennedy because he supported the state of Israel. This caused him to run up to Kennedy, shoot off three shots, and quickly get tackled to the floor. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was tried and found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.…
Thoughts surrounding the JFK assassination are interesting and controversial. Conventional wisdom dictates that a single shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, shot and killed President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. However, there is evidence to support that there were multiple shooters and Lee Harvey Oswald was not in the position to shoot the bullets everyone said he did, and many people truly believe that to be so. It is simple to dismiss such conspiracy theory as imaginative fiction, but many people have done research to prove that the single shooter did not kill President Kennedy alone. I believe that someone with more power than Oswald carried out this assassination and framed Oswald, and will use research to support this claim.…
Few events in United States History have had such an impact on the psyche and moral palate of the American people as the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is one of the most hotly debated events in human history and may be considered a defining moment in the relationship between government, citizens and the media.…
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939 in New Orleans. He grew up as a orphan, and as a kid he was always know as a trouble maker throughout school, and after trying to skip all of 8th grade, was sent to a detention hall. (Auto biography) Shortly after becoming 18, he joined the marines. He was classified as a marksman, but was shortly kicked out after being court marshaled twice for owning illegal weapons and displaying violent behavior (biography.com). He then took a likening to socialist literature, and later defected to Russia. He was under constant watch from KGB while there. While in Russia, he met Maria Rusakoves, whom he later married. After they gave birth to their firstborn,…
The assassination of president John F. Kennedy shocked and dispirited the American citizens of the 60s, so much so that almost every person of the era can name where they were upon hearing the news. However, the tragedy’s aftermath not only affected the economic and societal aspects of the 60s, but that of the American government and citizens.…