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Anniversary of JFK assassination - 45 years ago today

by Amy Judd | November 22, 2008 at 07:18 pm

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It was 45 years ago today that JFK, the then President of the United States, was assassinated at about 12:30pm by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Hundreds of people gathered at Dealey Plaza in Dallas today to remember when John Kennedy was killed in his car as it approached the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street.

There are so many conspiracy theories surrounding JFK's death, that it's hard to keep track.

It was 21-year-old Ben Lawrence's first time to visit on Nov. 22. Mr. Lawrence, who wore a blue T-shirt with the words "Tyranny Response Team," said he believes federal agencies were responsible for the assassination of JFK.

"There was a conspiracy, for sure," the Mesquite resident said. "There's no way Oswald could have squeezed off three shots in six seconds at a target that was down and away."

A few minutes later, Kaye Bartlett of Lansing, Mich., stood at the JFK Memorial at the corner of Market and Commerce streets. The 30-foot high concrete walls and simple granite memorial with the name John Fitzgerald Kennedy were created to inspire contemplation.

"There was a lot of excitement in theories after it happened," she said. "But to me, none of them ever seemed very definitive. So I'm like a lot of people – I'm not sure what happened."

John Kenndy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

The assassination is still the subject of widespread speculation and has spawned numerous conspiracy theories, though none of these theories has been proven. In 1979, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) found both the original FBI investigation and the Warren Commission Report to be seriously flawed. The HSCA also concluded that there were at least four shots fired and that it was probable that a conspiracy existed. Later studies, including one by the National Academy of Sciences,[3] have called into question the accuracy of the evidence used by the HSCA to support its finding of four shots.

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Barry Artiste

at 21:40 on November 22nd, 2008

Certainly these conspiracy theories make for good print, and most likely will be still debated like the Lincoln assassination a century later.

Paschen

at 03:19 on November 23rd, 2008

Incredible, yet it was that same act that made him so famous and even liked through out the World to the point he became an Idol like Elvis and the Beetles and still his. What he really was or stood for is almost forgotten.

artseafartsea (not verified)

at 15:16 on November 23rd, 2008

The most important thing he did was save the world from total destruction during the blockade of the Russian ships delivering weapons to Cuba. Weapons that could destroy U.S. cities in the blink of an eye. Oh and he gave the American people hope that we could become a better society, established the Peace Corps and a few other memorable acts. Unfortunately, he was cut down before he could do too many things that would help the American people. The powers that be were not happy with him as he wasn't listening to them. So draw your own conclusions.