CHICAGO November 13, 2013
To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Finance having had under consideration
A resolution commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body pass the proposed Resolution Transmitted Herewith
This recommendation was concurred in by
of members of the committee with
Respectfully submitted
Chairman
SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, November 22, 2013, will mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper at 12:30 p.m. standard time on Friday November 22, 1963, while traveling in a presidential limousine through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas; and
WHEREAS, President John F. Kennedy was officially pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital at 1 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, President John F. Kennedy was accompanied in the motorcade by his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, along with Texas Governor John Connally, who was wounded by gunfire; and
WHEREAS, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in connection with the assassination and was killed two days later by Jack Ruby; and
WHEREAS, Inaugurated on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy was the only Catholic and the second-youngest President to serve in the White House; and
WHEREAS, Despite his short-lived presidency, John F. Kennedy left behind a remarkable legacy of leadership; and
WHEREAS, President John F. Kennedy will be remembered for many accomplishments, including steering our nation away from the brink of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, propelling America into the space race, founding the Peace Corps and championing civil rights for all Americans; now, therefore
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