Commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination
Dealey Plaza will be the site of a day’s worth of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination.
The eyes of the world are on Dallas even more than usual this week as the city gets ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on today, Friday, Nov. 22, 1963.
An international news story that is bringing people and journalists from all over the world to Dallas (Dallas News reported that there have been “more than 900 media credential requests, from France to Germany to Serbia”), the assassination of JFK is one of the seminal events to ever occur in the city of Dallas, and it is one we have never forgotten.
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination will be held today in Dealey Plaza, a National Historic Landmark District and site of the Sixth Floor Museum, which chronicles the assassination and legacy of JFK. “About 5,000 tickets were issued for the free ceremony,” said ABC News, which is planned to include:
- A speech by the mayor
- Tolling of the church bells
- Readings from Kennedy’s speeches by author David McCullough
- A performance by the U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club
- An Air Force flyover
A moment of silence will be observed at 12:30 p.m. to mark the moment the shots rang out.
There will also be a “ceremony at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was declared dead, to lower the U.S. flag to half-staff. In Fort Worth, the city’s Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast at the hotel where Kennedy gave his last speech and spent the last night of his life.”
On this solemn occasion, Lake Ridge at Joe Pool Lake and SouthStar Communities would like to pay our respects to the entire Kennedy family and to everyone around the world who continues to mourn the passing of President Kennedy passing five decades ago.
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