Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the assassination of the 35^th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.

Kennedy became president on January 20^th, 1961 and was in his third year as president. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. He was only 46.

In his hometown of Brookline, Mass., the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will provide free admission to the public Saturday and Sunday. Sunday will include a reading of President Johnson’s Nation Day or Mourning Proclamation and a wreath-laying.[1]

Today, places around the country will remember Kennedy and what he did for his country.