November 24–25, 1963 PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY LYING IN STATE
Following the assassinaon of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963, his body lay in state in the Capitol rotunda on Sunday andMonday. Esmates of up to 250,000 people paid their final respects in lines that stretched 40 city blocks. CBS news correspondent RogerMudd said at the me that "this outpouring of affecon and sympathy for the late president is probably themostmajesc and stately ceremony the American people can perform."
Television cameras broadcast the state funeral services for President John F. Kennedy on November 25, 1963, as family, government officials, and heads of state and dignitaries fromaround the world gathered in the Capitol rotunda.
6 THE CAPITOL DOME
SUMMER 2012
