Inauguration Of President John F.Kennedy

The final act in the tragedy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States is one of the most memorable in history. Kings, Queens, Presidents, Premiers, Princes and Princesses, Emperors and Dictators - they come from the far corners of the earth to pay tribute to the man who had served the world while he served the nation. From the moment his casket is borne from the White House to lie in state at the Capitol it is a drama filled with high emotion. All trough the night, people file past the bier, some standing in a 10-mile-long line as much as 12 hours. Then the cortege winds from the Capitol to Saint Matthew's Cathedral for a Pontifical Funeral Mass while Mrs. Kennedy walks behind the caisson drawn by six white horses. After the religious rites the cortege proceeds to Arlington National Cemetery where the martyred President will rest. At the end of the solemn graveside honors, Mrs. Kennedy lights the flame that will burn in his memory.

Inauguration.

In the midst of a cheering crowd as he rides through down town Dallas, President John F. Kennedy falls before an assassin's bullets fired form a warehouse along the route of the motorcade. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President of the United States. The youngest man ever elected President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a best-selling author at 23, a war hero at 26, a U.S. Representative at 29, a Senator at 35. Scion of one of the nation's wealthiest families, he avoided the life of ease to dedicate himself to public service. A feeling of shocked disbelief sweeps over the nation as the news spreads that the 46-year-old President has been murdered. Men and women weep unashamedly in the streets. Bells toll and flags are lowered to half-mast in sorrowful tribute to the fourth President of the United States to lose his life to an assassin.

A record number of 67 million citizens go to the polls, and Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States. It is one of the closest returns in history with a plurality of 300.000. At 4 a.m., Nixon concedes. Kennedy is the youngest man elected to the Presidency and the first Catholic. JFK appears with his family to acknowledge the honor - and makes reference to an expected baby.

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