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The Aftermath of the JFK Assassination

John F. Kennedy - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John and Jackie Kennedy and the Connallys in the presidential limousine moments before the assassination. Victor Hugo King / US Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
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Jackie was placing flowers on John’s grave. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum / Daily Mail.

5. Oswald And JFK Received Burials On The Same Day

While Lee Harvey Oswald died the day after he assassinated JFK, the two would receive burials on the same day. As the world watched the funeral of JFK and paid their last respects to the former president, a smaller crowd gathered to bury Oswald at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. The only people in attendance for Oswald’s funeral were his immediate family members. However, there were not enough family members to carry Oswald’s casket. Therefore, the members of the news media decided to act as pallbearers, even though they didn’t want to.

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