When
I was a kid in elementary school, I remember very well the day that
something really bad happened. All of our teachers stopped teaching
our classes and stood together in the hallways of our school,
whispering to each other. Some cried. We kids were frightened.
Then
we were told the awful news: somebody had shot and killed our U.S.
President, John F. Kennedy.
All
of this happened on this day in 1963, and it made a huge impact on
the U.S. and even the world. When I traveled in Mexico a few years
after his death, I was surprised to see photographs of JFK hanging
everywhere—even in the living rooms of many family homes.
Since
JFK's untimely death, he has been mythologized (his life story told
and expanded on and retold until it sounded even grander than it
really was, and he sounded even cooler than he really was), and he
has been criticized a lot (yeah, he was human and had faults).
JFK's assassination (murder) has also been endlessly discussed and
debated, with conspiracy theories about whodunnit, and why, thick on
the ground.
Check
out...
Garden of Praise has a page on JFK, complete with puzzles (scroll to the
bottom).
Apples 4 the Teacher has digital coloring pictures of JFK.
The
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum tells the story of
Kennedy's life.
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| JFK's brothers Bobby and Edward also went into politics and government. |
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