The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy puzzles and disturbs the American public today as much as it did in 1963 (Zirbel 1). Of the millions of Americans now living who can recall the events that began on November 22, 1963, most remember exactly what they were doing when they heard about the shooting of the President. It was that kind of moment - painful, terrifying and beyond rationality (Kinney 48). With its powerful, energetic, young president gone, the country was bound together in mourning. Though many different theories on his assassination exist, some seem to make more se…