Shots in Dallas: Tribute to JFK on the 55th Anniversary of His Assassination

JFK PP-81 Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, 1942. Turgeon Studios, Potomac, Maryland.

President Kennedy walks along the golf course after driving off from the tenth tee at the Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island, September 14, 1963. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and Mrs.Tony Bradlee, wife of Washington Post senior editor Ben Bradlee, ride along in a golf cart. The Kennedys and the Bradlees spend a weekend together at the estate of the first lady's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Auchinloss. Caddie Ronnie Hogan is seen putting clubs back in the bag.

Senator John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., is shown with his bride, the former Jacqueline Bouvier, leaving a Newport, RI church after their wedding on September 12, 1953.

Kennedy-Bouvier wedding, close-up portrait of Kennedy family with couple.

Seeking a look at a presidential hopeful, people jam the window behind Sen. Jack F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 16, 1960, as he checks his notes in an ante-room before addressing a $100-a-plate fund-raising dinner in Baltimore, MD.

President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961 declared, "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This goal was achieved when astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon at 10:56 p.m. EDT, July 20, 1969. Shown in the background are, (left) Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and (right) Speaker of the House Sam T. Rayburn.

The Kennedy brothers: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

President Kennedy meets with Soviet Chairman Khrushchev at the U. S. Embassy residence in Vienna. US Dept. of State photograph in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Boston.

United States President John Kennedy's motorcade in Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland on June 28, 1963.

A family of presidents. The little Caroline kisses her father John F. Kennedy, who is elected 35th President of the United States on November 9, 1960. Kennedy is not only the first Catholic in the White House, but also the youngest president in US history.

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, President Kennedy (with his back to the camera) in 1962.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy walks on crutches as he leaves his limousine to board the presidential yacht "Honey Fitz" for a cruise down the Potomac River with Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda, in Washington, June 21, 1961.

Hyannisport Weekend. President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy. Dogs: Clipper (standing), Charlie (with Caroline), Wolf (reclining), Shannon (with John Jr.), two of Pushinka's puppies (with Mrs. Kennedy).

John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline travel in a motorcade across Dallas on November 22, 1963.

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, the limousine carrying mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital seconds after he was shot in Dallas. Secret Service agent Clinton Hill is riding on the back of the car, Nellie Connally, wife of Texas Gov. John Connally, bends over her wounded husband, and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president.

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 1963 file photo, Lee Harvey Oswald talks to the press as he is led down a corridor of the Dallas police station for another round of questioning in connection with the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Oswald, who denied any involvement in the shooting, was killed two days later, live on television, in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters, by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby.

President's Family leaves the Capitol. Caroline Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. (2nd row) Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford (hidden) Jean Kennedy Smith (3rd Row) Peter Lawford. United States Capitol, East Front, Washington, D.C.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of children and nuns from the Convent of Mercy, as he arrives from Dublin by helicopter at Galway's sports ground, Ireland, June 29, 1963.