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John F Kennedy Assassination Research Paper

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John F. Kennedy’s Assassination

John F. Kennedy, America’s 35th president arguably one of the best presidents in the United States history has had. The heartbreak of John F. Kennedy’s assassination taken place in Dallas, Texas left devastation and a long drawn out mystery. There is a lot more that had happened in the life of John F. Kennedy before the assassination, he was a healthy happy man as he made it seem, and worked towards making everyone else happy and making the United States a better more agreeable place. Kennedy came from a wealthy Catholic family, his parents and grandparents were all quite successful people in what they were involved in. Kennedy was the second youngest president following Theodore Roosevelt, and he was also …show more content…

Kennedy born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy grew up as a Catholic, and his parents and grandparents were very wealthy people. Kennedy was the second oldest sibling out of nine siblings. Kennedy’s father Joseph Kennedy Sr. was a successful banker after World War 1 in the stock market. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald whom was a Boston debutante. During his adolescent years he was chronically ill, and suffered from colds, flus, scarlet fever, and undiagnosed diseases. The chronical illness carried over and he suffered frequent illnesses during his career in Senate. After years at different colleges and finished at Harvard in 1940. Kennedy then challenged in 1952 republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge for his seat in U.S Senate. In 1961 was when John F. Kennedy became president, but before then he served in the U.S House of Representatives and U.S …show more content…

John F. Kennedy started his day just as he usually would before a speech, get ready and head to give a speech while being greeted by the happy people along the way. As Kennedy was in Dallas, Texas headed for a 10 mile tour in an opened up motorcade before he was about to give a speech, As they pass by Texas School Book Depository at 12:30 PM is when the first shot was fired from the sixth floor and that moment it all went downhill. Not only was Kennedy shot but also Governor Connally, and they were both immediately rushed to Parkland Hospital. At 1:00 PM on November 22, 1963 was when 46 year old John F. Kennedy was announced dead. There was no way to prevent or avoid the shooting considering the motorcade had no roof on it. John F. Kennedy was the fourth president of the United States that has been killed while in

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