50th anniversary of assassination of JFK

50th anniversary of assassination of JFK


Americans across the country paused today to mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Kennedy was fatally shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. A moment of silence was held in the city to mark the moment the president was shot. A new monument was also unveiled on the now infamous grassy knoll.

A somber ceremony was also held at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy's last surviving sibling, Jean, helped lay a wreath at her brother's gravesite.

A wreath was also placed at a memorial to honor of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit, who was also shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.