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March 2010
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John Manke is an active former Bay View resident who is involved in numerous neighborhood organizations, including the Bay View Historical Society, the Humboldt Park Fourth of July Association and the Shore Shore Farmers Market. He believes Bay View has a fine tradition in its past that we do not want to lose in the future.
A memory from the past
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald. This was a sad day for Americans. Many of us were at work or home when the news came on the air that the President of the United States was assassinated. There was a lot of confusion everywhere. An investigation into the assissination was begun immediately. There too many unknowns that day. We watched television as JFK's body was unloaded in Washington, D.C. We saw Jackie Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson get off of the airplane.
As the day went on, we received a report that a man named Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for shooting a Dallas police officer. There were rumors that he was a suspect in the presidential assassination. He was seen as he was being booked into a Dallas jail. He never confessed his actions for that day. He claimed that he was innocent. Nothing more was heard about him that day.
There were many unanswered questions about the assassination plot. How many assassins? How many shots were fired. Were the shots fired from only one gun? How many witnesses were present then? Where were the shots fired from? Who was there in the location from which the shots were fired?
JFK was the last president to ride in an open limousine. More security was given to future presidents.
I can remember watching the JFK funeral on television. This was a day of mourning for the United States. It was a beautiful ceremony and a lasting tribute to JFK.
I can remember Lee Harvey Oswald being taken from the Dallas jail only to be shot in the chest by Jack Rudy while in police custody. It was ironic that he was taken to the same hospital where JFK was taken after he had been shot. We will never get all of the questions about this assassination answered. All we have to go by is the Warren Report and recent discoveries, including the Abe Zabruder home movie taken while JFK was being shot. All of the recent investigations indicate that Lee Havey Oswald alone was the one who killed JFK. Nothing else has yet to be proven by anybody.
Take time today to remember JFK and his assassination on November 22, 1963. Go to your local library and do your own research on this. This action will be fun for you as well as a challenge. Make your own opinion about this matter. Do not rush into judgement on anything. The truth will come out in time.
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