Anniversary of JFK death brings sadness, solemnity

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By JAMIE STENGLE and NOMAAN MERCHANT

DALLAS (AP) - It was the same time, 12:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22. It was the same place, downtown Dallas.

But 50 years later, the thousands of people who filled Dealey Plaza weren't there to cheer but to remember in quiet sadness the young, handsome president with whom Dallas will always be "linked in tragedy."

The solemn ceremony presided over by Mayor Mike Rawlings was the first time the city had organized an official Kennedy anniversary event, issuing 5,000 free tickets and erecting a stage with video screens.

Somber remembrances extended from Dallas to the shores of Cape Cod, with moments of silence, speeches by historians and, above all, simple reverence for a time and a leader long gone.

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People gather before a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. President Kennedy's motorcade was passing through Dealey Plaza when shots rang out on Nov. 22, 1963.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

[calimary]

1. Sheesh! Fifty years.

[WinstonSmith4740]

2. What could have been...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. What was ... What is ...

LBJ did a pretty good job continuing much of the work of JFK, good and bad.

Vietnam continued to grow, civil rights continued to advance, NASA continued toward the moon.

LBJ got a lot done, maybe even more than JFK would have. JFK would have done it with more style, more class, better speeches. LBJ did it with more arm-twisting, more bullying, more profanity.

Playing a "what could have been" game, could JFK have gotten Medicare done?

Who knows?

[Liberty Belle]

3. My own memory posted here:

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/14427

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

4. Peace.......................

[CountAllVotes]

6. Fifty years

And no, we have not seen the likes of a JFK since (sans his brother Bobby).

What a sad damn country we live in. The peace makers and those that care to make changes for the good of the people never had a chance.



Sadly, I remember this day some 50 years ago. It was indeed the saddest day I can remember in my life -- the saddest America I've ever seen in my life.

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