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Inauguration Day
On this day President Kennedy was sworn into office, this is aso known as Inauguration Day -
A Day of Fun.
President Kennedy throwing the first pitch at American Baseball League. He seems quiet thrilled to do so. -
Family matters.
President Kennedy attending to his father duties, cheering and clapping for his children while they are dancing in the Oval Office -
A trip to Texas.
President Kennedy and wife greeting bystanders as they arrived in Huston International Airport, Texas. -
The Day of the assassination.
President Kennedy and Jaqueline Kennedy arriving at Love Field in Dallas Texas. -
The Day of the assassination.
Texas Governor making sure he looks good for the camera and President Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy in the back of the limousine getting ready to take a tour around Dallas Texas. -
The Day of the assassination.
A view from the photographer's point for view as the Presidential tour begins -
The President has be assassinated.
The limousine is seen speeding with the President Kennedy who has just been fatally shot, and is racing towards the hospital -
The Murder weapon
This is a 6.5x52mm Carcano Model 91/38 infantry riffle also known as a Mannlicher Carcano. This riffle was found on the sxith floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building by Sheriff Weitzman abd Officer Gene Boone. -
President Kennedy Laid to rest.
A few days after President Kennedy was assassinated, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. -
The Assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939. When is father died he later went to live his mother. When he was old enough he moved back home to New Orleans and joined the Marines in 1956. Mr. Oswald earned his sharpshooter's qualification. After leaving the Marines with a honorable discharge he purchase a riffle a year later. A journalist Gerald Posner and said that Mr. Oswald did not hate the President but he detested the system and what the President stood for.