John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Truth Revealed

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The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is one of the most tragic events that shaped America. JFK was born on May 19, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, but little did he know that his life would be abbreviated in his future. Kennedy became the thirty-fifth President of the United States; he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was allegedly shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Although, many pieces of evidence conclude that Oswald could not have done the deed by himself. There is a broad conspiracy behind this major assassination. The conspiracy consists of the “single bullet theory” introduced by former United States Senator Arlen Specter; it also implicates future presidents of the United States, including George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

John F. Kennedy was on tour through a route in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. This would have been a politically advantageous day, which might have helped him win the 1964 campaign, leading him to the presidential position again. The day started out normally for the presidential couple; they had breakfast at Hotel Texas, where the President gave a speech. Following breakfast, the presidential entourage took a short flight to Love Field where they would start their route through Dallas, waving to citizens as they went by. The President, the First Lady, the Governor of Texas and his wife were in the second motorcade following a Secret Service vehicle. The route of the motorcade was posted on Dallas newspapers seventy-two hours in advance, so the streets were lined with onlookers. That day in Texas, the Secret Service did not protect the President in their normal formation, but rather they were lined up besides the presidential motorcade, le...

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