No. 15: Assassination of President Kennedy

The limousine carrying mortally wounded <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT003488" title="John F. Kennedy" href="/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/john-f.-kennedy-PEPLT003488.topic">President John F. Kennedy</a> races toward the hospital seconds after he was shot in Dallas. With <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000126158" title="U.S. Secret Service" href="/topic/crime-law-justice/laws/law-enforcement/u.s.-secret-service-ORGOV0000126158.topic">Secret Service agent</a> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100802011600" title="Clinton Hill" href="/topic/us/new-york/new-york-city/brooklyn-%28new-york-city%29/clinton-hill-PLGEO100100802011600.topic">Clinton Hill</a> riding on the back of the car, Mrs. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEHST002076173" title="John Connally" href="/topic/politics/government/john-connally-PEHST002076173.topic">John Connally</a>, wife of the Texas governor, bends over her wounded husband, and Mrs. Kennedy leans over the president.

( Associated Press / November 22, 1963 )

The limousine carrying mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital seconds after he was shot in Dallas. With Secret Service agent Clinton Hill riding on the back of the car, Mrs. John Connally, wife of the Texas governor, bends over her wounded husband, and Mrs. Kennedy leans over the president.

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