November 22-25,1963 spanned Friday through Monday. It saw the assassination of the President and the live television broadcast of the assassin’s murder. A television first. Meanwhile Americans of all political parties and those with none sat riveted in front of their television sets as the solemn pageantry of a state funeral unfolded. From the arrival of the casket, young widow and new President and First Lady at Andrews Air Force Base to the arrival ceremony at the US Capitol, through the televised Funeral Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral to internment at Arlington National Cemetery. The images are iconic and unforgettable. In this episode, René Lafayette pays tribute to the memory of the 35th President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
