USA remember this Wednesday in 60th anniversary of his assassination To former President John F. Kennedystill widely present in popular culture due to the fascination generated by his murder, despite the fact that fewer and fewer people were alive on that tragic day.
According to a recent Gallup poll, Kennedy, with 90% approval among Americans, is the most popular former president, followed closely by Ronald Reagan (69%), George Bush father (66%) and Barack Obama (63%).
This popularity reflects the almost unanimous attitude in American society to the myth of Kennedy, who was assassinated 60 years ago today on the streets of Dallas, Texas, in what became the most notorious political crime of the 20th century in this North American country.
Former President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (back) ride in the presidential car, accompanied by Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie (front) before his assassination in Dallas, Texas.
How is he Washington Kennedy CenterHow Kennedy Presidential Library in BostonHow Sixth Floor Museum of Dallaslocated in the building from which it is believed Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated the then president, they organized commemorative events to mark the occasion.
A permanent exhibition, Art and Ideals, has been unveiled in the federal capital, using the latest digital technology to show how art influenced Kennedy’s presidency (1961-1963).
For his part, in his hometown of Boston, items from his funeral and other memorabilia are on display in a temporary exhibit, and at the Dallas Museum, the exhibit “2 Days in Texas” chronicles the final hours of the former president’s trip through the southern state.
The location from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot JF Kennedy. Now the Sixth Floor Museum of Dallas.
This time the anniversary is somewhat overshadowed by the scandalous presidential campaign of one of his nephews, Robert F. Kennedywho began running in the Democratic primary but decided to run as an independent candidate last October.
The family has largely rejected a nominee who, under the historical title of Kennedy’s political saga, espouses conspiracy theories or promotes the anti-vaccine movement.
Grandson of the former president, Jack Schlossbergclassified Robert’s candidacy as ‘a shame’.
The anniversary also brought to light new information related to the Kennedy assassination, something that has become increasingly difficult over the decades but continues to fuel interest in the event.
In this case, a former Secret Service agent Paul Landiswho was 28 years old on November 22, 1963, and who worked in Kennedy’s security detail, and today 88 years old, broke a ten-year silence with his memoirs in the book “The Last Witness.”
Landis questions the already questioned findings of the Warren Commission, created by Kennedy’s successor. Lyndon B. Johnsonto clarify what happened that day in Dallas.
The commission found that Lee Harvey Oswald He acted alone, shooting Kennedy as a motorcade with a convertible limousine passed the Texas School Book Depository, where the alleged assassin was located on the sixth floor.
However, Oswald died two days after Kennedy was assassinated by businessman Jack Ruby, so he could not be put on trial, leaving many questions up in the air.
Read Harvey Oswald.
Landis’ testimony would open the door to the possibility that there was a second shooter, as he believed he found a bullet in the limousine that must have been fired at an angle opposite to where Oswald was standing.
While Landis’ testimony is unlikely to clarify anything at this point, it will serve to fuel theories that have fueled the Kennedy assassination myth for decades, beginning with the Kennedy assassination conspiracy. INKaccording to the plan of then Vice President Johnson, the operation KGB and Cuban leader Fidel Castro or revenge mafia.
(according to information from EFE)