John F. Kennedy

:JFK redirects here. For other uses, see JFK (disambiguation).

Legacy and memorials

Television became the primary source by which people kept informed of events surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination, with newspapers the following day becoming more souveneirs than sources of updated information. U.S. networks switched to 24 hour news coverage for the first time ever. Kennedy's funeral and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald were all broadcast live in America and in other places around the world. It was with this event that television matured as a news source rivalling that of newspapers.

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Television - Lee Harvey Oswald

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State funeral of John F. Kennedy

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On March 14, 1967 Kennedy's body was moved to a permanent burial place and memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson said of the assassination that "all of us...will bear the grief of his death until the day of ours." Kennedy is buried with his wife and their deceased children, and his brother Robert is also buried nearby. His grave is marked with an "Eternal Flame".

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March 14 - 1967 - Arlington National Cemetery - Adlai Stevenson - "Eternal Flame"

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Despite his relatively short term in office, and a lack of major legislative changes during his term, Kennedy is seen as one of America's greatest Presidents.

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Kennedy's legacy has been memoralized in various aspects of American culture. New York Idlewild International Airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963 to honor his memory, and the USS John F. Kennedy was awarded on April 30, 1964 as a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library opened in 1979 as Kennedy's official presidential library. John F. Kennedy University opened in Pleasant Hill, California in 1964 as a school for adult education. John F. Kennedy National Historic Site preserves his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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John F. Kennedy International Airport - December 24 - 1963 - USS John F. Kennedy - April 30 - 1964 - U.S. Navy - Aircraft carrier - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library - 1979 - Presidential library - John F. Kennedy University - Pleasant Hill, California - John F. Kennedy National Historic Site - Brookline, Massachusetts

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Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1963

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As an honorary commemoration, Kennedy's portrait now appears on the United States half dollar coin.

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