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JFK Assassination 50 Years Later

At the Microphone
Harvard Kennedy School

Kennedy Family and Administration Sought to Establish Memorial at Harvard

In the months that followed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, realizing the late President’s wish that his national memorial consist of three parts—a museum, a library, and a political institute—and that it stand next to the Harvard campus.

Men's Lacrosse

Male Player of the Year, Runner-Up: Devin Dwyer

Sophomore Devin Dwyer of the Harvard men’s lacrosse team came into the 2014 campaign as the reigning All-New England Rookie of the Year. Despite the target on his back, the attackman only gotten better this season, despite teams focusing their defenses on stopping him.

JFK New Frontier
IOP

JFK New Frontier

Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, speaks about his inspiration for creating the online charity for public schools at the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards Ceremony Monday evening.

Mourning at Memorial Church
The Harvard Crimson

Mourning at Memorial Church

A student weeps as mourners gather outside Memorial Church on Saturday, November 23, 1963, to remember the fallen President. The photograph ran as the top image on the front page of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson.

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JFK Assassination 50 Years Later

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Saturday, November 23, 1963, Front Page
JFK Assassination 50 Years Later

Saturday, November 23, 1963, Front Page

Kennedy as a Student
History

Kennedy as a Student

John F. Kennedy '40 photographed as a senior at Harvard in 1940. The image ran on the front page of the November 22, 1963, extra edition of The Crimson

Mourner in Memorial Church
Memorial Church

Mourner in Memorial Church

One mourner among a reported 2000 who gathered in Memorial Church on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1963, to demonstrate what the photo's caption characterizes as "the intense sorrow of a stunned nation." The photo ran on page two of the Monday, November 25, 1963, issue of The Crimson.

Kennedy the Overseer
The Harvard Crimson

Kennedy the Overseer

The President-elect leaves University Hall after his final meeting on the University Board of Overseers on January 9, 1961. The photograph ran on page four of the Tuesday, November 26, 1963, issue of The Crimson.

Kennedy the Overseer
On Campus

50 Years Ago, Cambridge Mourned a 'Son of Harvard'

The news of the President’s death was a crushing blow to a campus that felt a unique kinship with the young leader.

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Football

A Rescheduled Game

When word reached Cambridge and New Haven that President John F. Kennedy ’40 had been shot and killed in Dallas, all football plans for 80th rendition of The Game were abandoned.

The President's Gaze
Alumni

Community Members Reflect on the Anniversary

The Crimson has asked a broad range of alumni, many of whom are still a part of the Harvard community, to reflect on the moment they heard of the President’s death. A smaller number of experts around Harvard have offered an assessment of Kennedy’s legacy in American culture and political history.

JFK at the Commonwealth Armory
The Harvard Crimson

JFK at the Commonwealth Armory

President John F. Kennedy '40 and his brother Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 appear together at a dinner at Boston's Commonwealth Armory on Saturday, October 19, 1963, a month before the President's assassination. The photograph ran on the front page of the Monday, October 21, 1963, issue of The Crimson.

Cronkite's Broadcast
Harvard in the World

In the Control Room

Douglas H. Shafner, currently a security officer at Harvard, witnessed the events of November 22, 1963 from a close vantage point: the master control room of Walter Cronkite’s CBS.

The President's Gaze
The Harvard Crimson

The President's Gaze

President John F. Kennedy '40 photographed in Boston by The Crimson on Saturday, October 19, 1963, just a month before he was assassinated. The photograph ran on page two of the Saturday, November 23, 1963, issue of The Crimson.

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