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US remembers JFK on 40th anniversary of his death
Washington, Nov 23: The United States solemnly remembered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy`s assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, exactly 40 years ago, yesterday.
Washington, Nov 23: The United States solemnly remembered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy`s assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, exactly 40 years ago, yesterday.
Pensioners, families and school children crowded around Kennedy`s grave at Arlington national cemetery outside Washington, where an eternal flame has burned for 40 years. Some had waited since dawn to lay flowers.
In Dallas, Texas, onlookers gathered at the site of the shooting, Dealey Plaza, under skies as blue and splendid as on that day four decades ago, at exactly 12:30 pm. Besides the somber and spontaneous commemorations, publishers, broadcasters and artists have contributed their own remembrances.
The Kennedy family had requested there be no official commemoration acts.
"We obviously have tried to give the focus and attention on the president`s birthday in the spring," JFK`s brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, told a television channel.
On November 22, 1963, a brisk, sun-bathed Texas day, the country`s 35th and youngest president was cut down by sniper bullets as he and his wife, Jackie, rode in an open-top limousine through crowd-lined streets in Dallas.
Bureau Report
In Dallas, Texas, onlookers gathered at the site of the shooting, Dealey Plaza, under skies as blue and splendid as on that day four decades ago, at exactly 12:30 pm. Besides the somber and spontaneous commemorations, publishers, broadcasters and artists have contributed their own remembrances.
The Kennedy family had requested there be no official commemoration acts.
"We obviously have tried to give the focus and attention on the president`s birthday in the spring," JFK`s brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, told a television channel.
On November 22, 1963, a brisk, sun-bathed Texas day, the country`s 35th and youngest president was cut down by sniper bullets as he and his wife, Jackie, rode in an open-top limousine through crowd-lined streets in Dallas.
Bureau Report