Rushmore

These are the people that I would choose for my Mount Rushmore.


~John F. Kennedy
-Although Mr. Kennedy didn't get to be president for a full term, he was a very good president. He started the Peace Corps, which helped assist developing countries. Also, he was successful in removing the missiles from Cuba. Another key aspect was that he was a very well-liked president, and the majority of America supported the decisions that he made.

~Martin Luther King Jr.
-He was a brave leader who supported the use of nonviolence. He lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and was the main leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. But most important, he helped many African Americans all over the United States, gain the rights that they deserve.

~Jackie Robinson
-I would choose Jackie Robinson as an unsung hero. He was the first professional African American baseball player. The team that he played for was the Dodgers. Although I've heard his name before, I've never realized what an accomplishment that he made by being in the major leagues of baseball.

~Bob Dylan
-He was a famous song writer, whose songs reflected events from the 1960s. An example of his music would be "Times they are a Changin," which became a theme song for the civil rights movements. Some of his music was used to for anti-war purposes. Overall, his music helped summarize many famous events in our countries history.

A single bullet?

Dale Meyers explains in the video that he believes the second shot hit Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Johnson. First, the bullet hit the president and travels through his back and out his throat. Then it continues to travel through the governor's chest. Mr. Meyers supports this theory by using the Zapruder film, and turned it into an exact computer simulation. He also says that after pausing the frames of the film, both of the men react at the same time. After watching the video i do not agree with Mr. Meyers. I think that both men were hit by more than one bullet. I also think that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the only shooter and that he probably planned it with a group of people, and did not act alone.

Eyewitnesses

I read John Connally's testimony of what happened on November 22, 1963. He was riding in the car with president Kennedy, and as the shots were fired he got shot along with the president. Mr. Connally and his wife both agree that the first bullet did not hit him. But the second bullet did hit him, and the third did not hit him. So the first and third bullets both hit Mr. Kennedy. Although the president died from these fatal shots, Mr. Connally survived and made a full recovery. Years later, in 1982, a man named Doug Thompson revealed that he asked Mr. Connally if he believed that Lee Harvey Oswald fired the gun that killed the president. John Connally responded, "Absolutley not." He also said that he doesn't believe the conclusions of the Warren Commision, and that he will never speak publicly about what he believes happened on that day. I think this account of what happened is very important because Mr. Connally was the only other man shot in the car, and he was the only man that was that close to the president. I believe his account of what happened is true and it proves that the the single bullet theory is neither possible or true.