Editors Irving A. Grix and Paul Schwab collected some poems about Kennedy's assassination. These works, together with some works from Kennedy's presidency, were crammed into a book published by 1964 and an audio album recorded a year later. Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote before the album Lining Notes: "The murder of john fitzgerald kennedy should have triggered this commemorative volume, which is a kind of sad happiness." . Poetry played an important role in Kennedy's view of America. He said: "He believes that art is the source and symbol of serious civilization. During his stay in the White House, one of his concerns was to make a country belatedly recognize the important role of artists. " , "convey the influence that an emphasized person may have on his times." This influence can be felt in American families and streets, because Republicans and Democrats in this country are struggling with ruthless distrust. Many people can't imagine that such a crime would happen under modern American democracy. The last time the president was assassinated was more than 60 years ago, when william mckinley was killed in a country where radio, television, cars and airplanes had not completely changed the lives of Americans. 1963, "The air impact on the streets of Dallas was captured."
Morning: The cold sun rises slowly. The suburbs outside the city are dark, like the fingers of a hand. One of the new cars, unremarkable, started the engine, slammed the door and drove away alone. Its gates are covered with banners, its streets are covered with banners and the whole city is waiting.
President Kennedy was the first president to host a TV news conference, so he often visited American families in an informal capacity. His wisdom permeates popular culture and political culture. Although what he said was not deeper than that of wartime leaders such as abraham lincoln and franklin roosevelt, television made him more familiar with it. His contacts are more personal. He still maintains the highest average support rate since Gallup poll began to collect these data more than 70 years ago-70.1%. In addition, the recent ranking of American historians ranks him as the eighth best president and the only leader in the top ten whose term has not expired.
Cha Na Bloch, a poet, marked the news of Kennedy's absence from broadcasting with concise and sharp words in his "Announcement".
Has passed away. He's dead. All radios sound the same. Static electricity is our seed. He's dead. We heard about it. Once again,
That weekend was more like a dream than a part of daily life. It left an indelible mark on American memory: a horse without a mount, a mouse in a low drum, a brave widow, and a toddler who saluted his father's coffin. The murder of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, which was broadcast live by jack ruby TV station, aggravated this unreality. What Americans often lack in memory is almost universal bereavement and extensive feelings, which even touched those who were Kennedy's opponents, but never imagined that his presidency would end like this. After he left, few people were happy when he was away. Shock, tears and shame swept across the United States.
The poet Cynthia Ozick described the politics of death in Lord acton's footnote.
Forgotten speaker, alternate representative, trampled * * *, avoided, excluded boss, no one heard his wailing, how death has nothing to do with human piety! The death of the dark horse.
Robert Heather explores the unimaginable sadness of the widow and her children in the low drums:
A young soldier loudly told the white horse how slowly it walked in front of your widow and children. Walking behind the coffin with the national flag, a dark horse without a knight is dancing! Five hours after Kennedy died in Dallas, when Air Force One returned to Andrews Air Force Base, family, friends and officials were there to meet Jacqueline Kennedy, his coffin and the new US President lyndon johnson. However, these politicians are not the only ones. 3,000 anonymous Americans are hiding in the darkness behind the fence, which is basically invisible. During the autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital, thousands of people entered the hospital. 165438+1When the body finally left Bethesda for the White House at 4 a.m. on October 23rd, the author William Manchester reported that members of the official party saw "men in jeans standing next to cars parked at the intersection, and the waiters at the gas station faced the ambulance all night, and their hats covered their hearts." Unofficial cars joined the ghost motorcade to the White House.
Richard O'Connell's "Nackros" vividly and horribly depicts the obvious grief for the young deceased father and husband.
In the movie, a head hangs down and dying blood flows out of its skull. All the history is the next day.
It is clear at a glance that most of the family and close friends are hiding in the White House, planning an elaborate and unforgettable funeral, and at the same time facing the first embarrassing moment of changing from a young, intelligent and eloquent president to an outspoken and procrastinating southerner. In front of you, it is your friendly intimidation in space politics. Johnson is a perfect politician, but Kennedy is not. The new president does not have the aura and charm of intellectuals around his predecessor.
On Sunday, the public was invited to attend the memorial service again. Later that morning, the sidewalks in Washington were crowded with 300,000 Americans, who gathered to watch the caisson transport the president's body to the funeral home in the Capitol. At 3pm, the stately Capitol opened its doors to the 250,000 Americans, some of whom queued for 65,438+00 hours to cross the Cartagena River and say goodbye to them. On Monday morning, 5000 people waiting in line were turned away. Preparations for the funeral must begin.
The poet David Ignato escaped the ceremony on the rest day.
In the emptiness of a good father looking for reality, you have been saying that when giving birth to a child, we were not born to die, but dull, because that person left on a Friday before the world rest day. Smiling, he died, and soon he could not explain.
More than a million people lined the streets of the capital, watching the coffin being transported from the Capitol to the White House, and then stood there in surprise. French general Charles de Gaulle and Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie followed Jacqueline, Robert and Edward Kennedy for a walk in the street and came to St. Matthew Cathedral where the funeral mass was held. Then, a bus crossed the crowded sidewalk and headed for Arlington National Cemetery along the coffin.
The vivid rhythm of this moment is in William Butler's1963165438+1October 25th.
There is a * * * sound in the drum, drum, drum, I'm dead. I didn't breathe, only fear. I have no soul, just put my head on his soul, and I stopped in that bed.
Audiences at home have a closer view of the capitol, cathedral and cemetery, where the Kennedy family lit the eternal flame. Nielsen ratings estimate that American families watch assassination-related events for an average of 3 1.6 hours in four days. Many American children attended Kennedy's funeral for the first time. Even for most adults, the Latin funeral mass of the country's first Roman Catholic president is a novelty.
John Boorman's anger at unnecessary losses broke out in his "formal elegy"
In the water column, the water at the dirty end is cold (hot at first). Where I am crumbling, I kill people like hemp, turning the fertile land on which we live into white. These killings are not for plunder, but for the Byzantine mind: the worst problem of principle-fear and crazy goodness. Ruby, he frantically claimed that he shot to stop the lady from testifying. Maybe he was sincere. There is no doubt that his mind is pure in his still cell.
Smithsonian folklore originated from a decision to obtain "extinct records" and to preserve their works, according to Jeff local, curator and senior archivist of folklore. Price explained that Moses Asch, the founder of folkway, wanted to create a "sound file", and he wanted to share the sound with the general public, not as a file. Understanding the written materials that record each recording plays a vital role in this process.
Price said that oral poems about Kennedy's death were well integrated into folk collections. Folklore also has other documentaries about the president of the United States, Watergate, the United Nations Committee on American Activities in the House of Representatives and other political topics. The words in Poetry and Power reveal that,
Kennedy's assassination touched a strong emotion, which still shakes the heart of the whole country. Since his death, people's trust in * * * has collapsed. According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 20 17, only 3% people think that * * * can almost always do the right thing, and only 15% people think that * * * can do the right thing most of the time. 1964, because Americans clung to lyndon johnson like a sunken ship, the trust rate reached a record high, reaching 77%. By 1967, the distrust aroused by the Vietnam War and the growing belief in the assassination plot began to take root in people's hearts.