Commemorative message in honor of the golden jubilee of the assassination and death of John F. Kennedy

Commemorative message in honor of the golden jubilee of the assassination and death of John F. Kennedy

To all the people of the United States of America and the world:

Today, half a century has passed since America lost one of its most beloved presidents, John F. Kennedy. His sudden death caused by an assassin’s bullet in Dallas, Texas on this day in 1963 shocked not just the whole of the United States of America, but the whole world as well. His death changed a whole generation and an entire nation, and news of it turned our happiness into mourning.

Just 3 years into his term, and with all eyes ready for the 1964 presidential polls, where he was expected to be reelected, his trip to Dallas, Texas on that day 50 years ago was the one trip everyone did not expect to be the last of his presidency. He was shot while riding with his wife Jackie on the presidential limousine when it was driving in the city. He was rushed to hospital, only to die moments later, leaving a horrified and teary nation of more than millions of people mourning his death together with the whole world.

A veteran of the United States Navy and of the Second World War, and the first Roman Catholic President of the American nation, his short presidency was a momentous one for the United States and the free world.

Today, 50 years on after the tragic events that forever changed the world we live in, we honor the man, his short but meaningful life, and the legacy he left behind to all of us. We all still sad whenever we look back on this dark chapter in the history of the United States of America, but whenever we live his legacy, we know that he is watching over us in heaven, pleased that his memory lives on in everyone of us.

ETERNAL GLORY AND MEMORY TO THE FALLEN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY!!

(Taps) (Salute)
0013H, November 22/23, 2013
John Emmanuel C. Ramos
Makati City, PH