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“So, let us not be blind to our differences —but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final
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Kennedy demanded to inspect Israel's Dimona reactor in 1963, threatening to cut U.S. aid to Israel He was assassinated that same year.
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JFK was assassinated five months after delivering this speech, saying, "Total War Makes No Sense." According to declassified papers, President John F. Kennedy warned Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol in 1963 that if Tel Aviv did not permit Washington to conduct regular
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24 November 1963. The widow of JFK, Jackie visited her husband’s flag-draped coffin with her daughter Caroline while JFK was lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. In a deeply poignant moment Jackie and Caroline kissed the coffin.
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Remembering my Uncle Jack on the anniversary of his assassination.
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The Eternal Flame Arlington Cemetery Joined in death with Jackie. What was said of Abraham Lincoln can be said of John F Kennedy: "Now he belongs to the ages."
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Dealey Plaza Dallas Texas OTD Nov 22 1963 The presidential limousine turns onto Dealey Plaza, seconds later, Kennedy is hit with a headshot at 12:30 CST taking off the right side of his brain killing him instantly.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -John F. Kennedy
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22 November 1963. Dallas Morning News carried a critical advertisement on JFK called: “Wanted for Treason”. In the run up to the Dallas visit the FBI had uncovered 2 plots to assassinate JFK in Chicago and Tampa, Florida. Motorcades in both places were cancelled.
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22 November 1963. 1:12 PM. Police found 3 empty rifle catridges from a 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano rifle on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Lieutenant J C Day of the Dallas Police Department soon arrived and took photographs of the cartridge cases.
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As usual Monika is right on, below, & we are now on the anniversary of that terrible murder that is still so relevant to our political situation today (it largely created it) & is there enough focus on what that murder cost the people?
The night before his assassination (62 years ago tomorrow), JFK spoke of his hopes for America and praised those who had “performed something worthy to be remembered.” I’d argue that JFK himself is profoundly worthy of remembrance.
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22 November 1963. 12:30 PM. Jackie Kennedy jumps out of her seat just seconds after the fatal shot hit her husband. She later said she was not trying to escape but trying to pick up fragments of JFK’s skull and brain.
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JFK welcomed by Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, tonight 1963, night before assassination:
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Love Field Dallas, Texas Nov 22 1963 11:40am CST The Kennedy's arrive in Dallas, they never looked better...
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22 November 1963. 1:00 PM. John F Kennedy (aged 46), was officially pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital by Dr. William Kemp Clark who felt the damage caused by the fatal shot to the head was the ultimate cause of death. Kemp put 12:50 PM as the actual time of death.
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JFK and Jackie (and LBJ and Lady Bird) on arrival, Love Field, Dallas, this morning 1963, less than an hour before assassination:
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22 November 1963. 12:30 PM. A Polaroid photo was taken by spectator Mary Ann Moorman just a second before John F. Kennedy was hit by the fatal head shot. The grassy knoll is in the background.
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Image on Fort Worth-Dallas TV station this morning 1963:
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JFK and Jackie, Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, before flying to Dallas, this morning 1963, two hours before assassination:
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