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The solemnity of Kennedy Residents reflect on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death in Dallas and its lasting effects. ■ By Joseph Myers Review Managing Editor
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uring his Jan. 20, 1961 inauguration as the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy encouraged civic engagement by declaring “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Thirty-four months later, the 46-year-old commander in chief had his quest to give personal validation of that instruction cut short when, according to the Warren Commission, Lee Harvey Oswald
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assassinated him in Dallas. With tomorrow marking the 50th anniversary of his slaying, millions are reliving their grief while also entertaining what-might-have-been scenarios and addressing what the loss has meant to America’s identity. “There was a silence all over,” Anthony Visco, then a sophomore at Father Judge High School, said of his neighborhood after residents had learned of the Democrat’s death in the Texas capital. “Nobody really knew how to process anything immediately, but I came to know we would never be the same after that.” The resident of Broad and Christian streets experienced much novelty during the brief presidency, as the Kennedy campaign for the Oval Office in ’60 had given him his initial exposure to anti-Catholicism owing to the then-Massachusetts See KENNEDY page 10 >>
SPORTS Ron Tempesta, who was 9 the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, views the tragic event as a source of immense social and cultural change. ■ A scholarshipwinning junior helped his Bella Vista school to gain acclaim at a chess competition.
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Holiday harvest for health
Wharton freshmen and BEBASHI teamed up for well-being at a Grays Ferry site.
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