Tragedy in Dallas

1. Tragedy in Dallas http://home.pacbell.net/hrwhite3/OswaldWRifle1.jpg Presentation by Robert L. Martinez Primary Content Source: All the People by Joy Hakim Images as cited. http://www.jfk-online.com/100shot4.jpg http://www.waterbury.k12.ct.us/khs/site/images/john_f_kennedy1963.jpg

2. President Kennedy had legislation that he wanted passed: civil rights bills, tax-cut bills, and health-care bills. http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/GDF/Z1827D~John-F-Kennedy-in-Repose-Posters.jpg

3. At first, the Democratic president was frustrated, Congress was controlled by an alliance of northern Republicans and southern Democrats. They voted as a bloc, against Kennedy’s legislation. http://home.att.net/~jrhsc/kennedyb.jpg

4. But by 1963, the charismatic president saw signs that his ideas were being heard. The president was beginning to build up enough support from Congress to get his bills passed. http://www.artwallpapers.net/celebs/john_f_kennedy/01/john_f_kennedy01_800.jpg

5. He expected to win a second term in the presidential elections in 1964. He hoped Congress would support his New Frontier ideas. Except for the situation in Vietnam, things were looking good. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/004VietnamWar_468x382.jpg

6. Texas’s votes would be important in the coming election. So Vice President Lyndon Johnson , a Texan, asked Kennedy to visit Texas to build up political support. http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/images/2007/11/22/lbj_and_jfk.jpg

7. The crowds in San Antonio and Houston and Fort Worth were unusually warm and encouraging. http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/researcher/archives/2706276%20-%20SA%20JFK%20COLLECTION%204%20-%2011_21_1963.jpg

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9. Later in the day, when Air Force One, the presidential plane, touched down at Love Field in Dallas, thousands of people were waiting to cheer the president and the first lady. http://blog.johnmenick.com/blog/jfk.jpg

10. The weather was so fine and the crowds so enthusiastic that the plastic bubble top was taken off the presidential car. The bulletproof side windows were rolled down. http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/august2006/300806jfk.jpg

11. Texas’s governor, John Connally, and his wife sat in the front seat of the big car; the Kennedy’s sat behind. http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312172/jfk-motorcade-2.jpg

12. They were on their way to a luncheon. Crowds lined the street: a few among them were protesting, but most were cheering. http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/2007/11/kenney_580px.jpg

13. When the limousine passed an old, seven-story schoolbook warehouse, Mrs. Connally turned around and said to the president, “You can’t say that Dallas isn’t friendly to you today!” http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060902/060902_Connally_hmed_3p.h2.jpg

14. But President Kennedy never answered. Two bullets had pierced his head. http://www.assassinationresearch.com/zfilm/z313.jpg

15. For the rest of their lives, most Americans would remember exactly where they were on November 22, 1963, when they heard the news. http://img.nytstore.com/IMAGES/NSRP003K_LARGE.JPG

16. Again and again, they would stare at their TV screens and see the motorcade, the president falling into his wife’s lap… http://www.kare11.com/assetpool/images/0611915445_kennedy-dead-jackie-painting.jpg

17. …the press at Parkland Hospital… http://jfk.iefactory.com/hechos/limohosp.jpg

18. …and Jacqueline in her bloodstained suit. http://www.historicaldocuments.com/JohnFKennedy48.jpg

19. At 1 p.m., John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41185000/jpg/_41185964_johnson.203.jpg

20. At 2:30 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president on Air Force One. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Lyndon_B._Johnson_taking_the_oath_of_office,_November_1963.jpg

21. That plane carried him, and the martyred president, back to the nation’s capital. And the world wept. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/071106-F-1234S-025.jpg

22. Dallas police captured Lee Harvey Oswald in a movie theater after he shoots a policeman who notices his suspicious behavior. http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/JFK/oswaldarrested.jpg

23. Oswald, who worked at the schoolbook depository, is charged with the shooting of President Kennedy and Governor Connally (who was wounded.) http://www.absolutenow.com/mugshots/images/OswaldLeeHarvey.jpg

24. Two days later, going through the jail passageway, Oswald is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_03/RubyOswaldAP_468x407.jpg

25. The debate about whether others were involved in JFK’s assassination continues to this day. http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1119379849/1119379849_1644009592_historyrocks-jfk.jpg

26. The United States proved to the world, once again, that our Constitution guaranteed a successful and peaceful transition of government, even in the event of tragedy. http://www.poster.de/Why-Terry/Why-Terry-US-Flag-Constitution-1104787.html