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The assassination of President John F. Kennedy | 50 years later

A woman uses a tablet to take a picture at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas.

A woman uses a tablet to take a picture at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

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With flags fluttering at half-staff, the United States paused Friday to mourn President John F. Kennedy and a generation’s broken dreams, cut down 50 years ago by an assassin’s bullet.

John F. Kennedy plaque

The sign at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Dallas.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Dealey Plaza

A banner of John F. Kennedy is lowered to the stage before a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination, near Dealey Plaza in Dallas.   (Benny Snyder / Associated Press)

JFK's granddaughter

Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, lays a wreath at his memorial at Runnymede, England.  (Alastair Grant / Associated Press)

Gravesite

People visit the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.  (Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images)

Eternal flame

The eternal flame flickers in the early morning light at the grave of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s death.   (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)

JFK Tribute in Fort Worth

A woman places flowers at the JFK Tribute in Fort Worth, Texas. People visited the JFK Tribute on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy when he was shot as he rode in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas.   (Tom Pennington / Getty Images)

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