Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. Continue reading →
Warning: these images are very disturbing, and are repeated several times throughout this video, so do not watch if you are squeamish.
This footage was originally filmed by Abraham Zapruder, a bystander along the route on November 22, 1963.
Texas Governor John Connelly, sitting in the front seat of the limo, was also seriously wounded. Police officer J. D. Tippitt was killed later that day as the assassin was attempting to make his get-away.
Two days later, on November 24, Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin, was himself shot by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub operator, as he was being transferred to the county jail. Oswald was ironically taken to the same hospital where Kennedy had died. Here is the newsreel footage of Oswald’s assassination:
Due to the mysterious circumstances– Oswald had been a US Marine yet attempted to renounce his US citizenship and lived for a while in the Soviet Union, and then he was himself assassinated before interrogation and trial could have been completed– many conspiracy theories have developed over the years about this tragic incident. Did Oswald do it? If so, did he act alone? Was the USSR, or Fidel Castro, or the Mafia involved?
To attempt to find answers to these and other questions, a special investigative panel was created by President John and headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Interestingly, one of the Commission’s members was Michigan Representative Gerald Ford, who was later to become vice- president and then president under Richard Nixon. The Warren Commission later published a report that Oswald was indeed the killer and had acted alone.
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