Mr. President

In the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy was making plans for his reelection campaign. Kennedy knew that in order to win reelection in 1964, he needed to win Florida and Texas. Thus, on November 21, Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy flew to Texas to unite the Democrats and make public appearances. 

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On November 22, Kennedy made an appearance in Fort Worth before boarding Air Force One for Dallas. Upon arrival, the President and First Lady took a moment to greet the awating crowds before climbing into the open limousine with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife. As the motorcade made its way through the crowded streets of downtown Dallas, gunshots rang out and the president was hit. He was rushed to Parkland Hospital where he was pronounced dead and given his last rights. 

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Kennedy's assassin was identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, who was captured the day of the shooting. On November 24, Oswald was in the process of being transported when a local bar owner, Jack Ruby, shot Oswald at point blank range. He too was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital. The nation saw this assassination on live television. 

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That same day, Kennedy's body was moved from the White House in a funeral procession through DC to the Capital, where he lay in state. The next day, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The nation tried to deal with the loss of a young, charismatic and handsome president and the first to be assassinated since Abraham Lincoln in 1865. 

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