On This Day In History President John F Kennedy Was Assassinated In Dallas, Texas

On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States. Related

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I saw President John F. Kennedy assassinated on this day in 1963. I worked on the fifth floor in the building east of the Texas Book Depository where supposedly the shot was fired from. Myself and my office staff was lined up at the window with an unobstructed view of the parade.

We heard the shot, it sounded like a car backfiring and then Jackie started trying to climb out the back of the car. She was wearing a bright pink pillbox hat and suit and from our vantage point we could see all of the confusion with the secret service trying to push her down and the car speeding away.
I didn’t know anything to speak of about politics. I was a cynic about the process of politics, having been involved in a campaign for Governor Huey Long of Louisiana. That’s a story for another day.