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It’s been fifty years, to the day, since that announcement.
President Obama has ordered flags be flown at half-staff today, on the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Special memorials are taking place in Dallas and D.C.
It’s a moment in history that still resonates so strongly with Americans.
But why?
Political commentators Otis Sanford and Susan Adler Thorp are here.
