Myths of Conspiracy
The
Requarter
The quarterly newsletter of the Rochester American History Roundtable
Volume 1, Number 2
Greetings!
The Rochester American History Roundtable presents “The
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy” featuring panelists Vanessa Tesch, Thomas Ostrom and Chad Israelson at
4PM on November 17, 2013 at the History Center of Olmsted
County, 1195 W Circle Drive SW, Rochester, Minnesota. This event is free and open to the public. The Rochester American
History Roundtable is sponsored by the History Center of
Olmsted County, and is dedicated to the discussion and preservation of American history. It serves as an educational resource to engage and encourage people of all ages and backgrounds in the exploration and understanding of their past, and encourages critical thinking in interpreting American history in an entertaining, friendly, and interactive environment. Lone Gunman or Conspiracy?
One week after John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, commissioned a bipartisan panel of officials from every branch of the Federal government to investigate the events surrounding the assassination. Ten months later, The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, delivered the 888-page summary report and twenty-six supporting volumes to President Johnson.
The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy and in wounding Texas
Governor John Connelly, that Oswald also murdered Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit that same day, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later.
Since 1964, at least one thousand books dealing specifically with the Kennedy assassination have been published.
Incredibly, about 95% of these books disagree with the findings of the Warren Commission and claim that Oswald was part of a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy, and that a
Requarter
The quarterly newsletter of the Rochester American History Roundtable
Volume 1, Number 2
Greetings!
The Rochester American History Roundtable presents “The
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy” featuring panelists Vanessa Tesch, Thomas Ostrom and Chad Israelson at
4PM on November 17, 2013 at the History Center of Olmsted
County, 1195 W Circle Drive SW, Rochester, Minnesota. This event is free and open to the public. The Rochester American
History Roundtable is sponsored by the History Center of
Olmsted County, and is dedicated to the discussion and preservation of American history. It serves as an educational resource to engage and encourage people of all ages and backgrounds in the exploration and understanding of their past, and encourages critical thinking in interpreting American history in an entertaining, friendly, and interactive environment. Lone Gunman or Conspiracy?
One week after John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, commissioned a bipartisan panel of officials from every branch of the Federal government to investigate the events surrounding the assassination. Ten months later, The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, delivered the 888-page summary report and twenty-six supporting volumes to President Johnson.
The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy and in wounding Texas
Governor John Connelly, that Oswald also murdered Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit that same day, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later.
Since 1964, at least one thousand books dealing specifically with the Kennedy assassination have been published.
Incredibly, about 95% of these books disagree with the findings of the Warren Commission and claim that Oswald was part of a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy, and that a