JFK Letter From My Grandmother.

Grandma,


I wanted to ask you a few questions about what you knew and experienced around the time of JFK being assassinated. It happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. He was 45 years old. He was riding through the middle of town when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. After the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested within the hour at a movie theatre. The theory is that there was 3 total shots. The first shot missed, but the last two hit Kennedy. Some people say that there was another person that was shooting at Kennedy. Others think it was just Lee Harvey Oswald himself. I want your opinion on whether or not you think there were two people shooting or just one. I would also like to know how that assassination impacted the country.

Thanks for your time,
Nathan Chambers.

This was my experience on the day John F. Kennedy was assasinated. On November 22, 1963 I was a sophomore at Newport High School which had a television in the office. They announced that the President had been shot and a short time later died. Everyone was in total shock. I remember walking home from school and thinking "How could something so terrible happen?" I felt so sad.
For days we watched television. They kept showing the car - the shots being fired - Mrs. Kennedy grabbing for her husband and putting her body over his.
The police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for this crime. While they were relocating him a man comes out of the crowd and kills Oswald - in a split second - His name was Jack Ruley.
In my opinion more than one person had to be involved. I don't think Lee Harvey Oswald was capable of planning this on his own. Also, if you consider how the bullets hit Kennedy it sounds like a shot came from another direction also. We'll never know the whole story.
This terrible tragedy impacted the country profoundly. The Kennedy's lost their Son - Husband - Father. We lost a good President - Leader - Man. The people lost their trust in America.

Yvonne Pottle