United States commemorating 50 years of the murder of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas , Texas .
Kennedy , who served less than three years , is often regarded as one of the most respected U.S. presidents .
He was 46 years old when he died . Kennedy praised for his young spirit , leadership through the Cuban missile crisis and his vision to put a man on the Moon .
But he is also remembered for one of the worst episodes of the Cold War , the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by CIA -trained paramilitary forces - who comes from Cuban exiles .
Kennedy family members laid a wreath at his grave at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC on Friday . His wife Jackie and their two children are also buried there .
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President Barack Obama issued an order raising of the flag at half-mast at the White House , U.S. Capitol , and other government buildings .
"Today , we honor him and celebrate his eternal traces the history of America , " he said .
Among the official events in Dallas on Friday ( 22/11 ) , a symphony orchestra and bells tolled echoed Kennedy's death in minutes . Crowded mass ceremony held at Dealey Plaza , where the president was shot .
" We need people who can dream of things that never were , and ask why not ? "
John F Kennedy
" The man we remember today gave us a gift that should not be wasted : the opportunity to learn how to deal with the future when it looks darkest and most uncertain , " said Dallas Mayor Michael Rawlings .
Historian and author David McCullough read some of Kennedy 's most famous quote , including : " We need men who can dream of things that never were , and ask why not ? "
The first recorded
On November 22, 1963 , Kennedy and his wife traveled to Dallas for the start of the campaign following next year's election .
Crowds of supporters lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the couple. As the presidential motorcade entered Dealey Plaza at around 12:30 local time , the open roof car Kennedy passed the Texas School Book Depository .
When the shots were fired . Bullet on the head and neck of the president. Half an hour later , Kennedy was pronounced dead at a local hospital .
He is the fourth U.S. president was killed while serving , but the first whose death was captured on film .
Soon after, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president .
JFK wrote the book lover
A book written by a former lover of President John F. Kennedy reveal new details of their relationship .
Some excerpts from the book entitled " Once Upon a Secret " by Mimi Alford tells his affair with the president when it became an apprentice at the White House .
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He reveals Kennedy's opinion about the Cuban missile crisis and the death of her baby .
Some parts of the book also reveals the secret stories of the president , including the claim that Kennedy was taking narcotics .
A number of citations were published in the New York Post also tells how Kennedy Alford handed her virginity at age 19 years in 1962 , after he received an invitation to swim in the White House .
Their affair lasted for 18 months .
That relationship continued even when Alford left Washington and he also admitted to sleeping with Kennedy just days before he was killed .
crying together
Alford is now aged 69 years also tell times when he entertained Kennedy after she lost her baby , Patrick .
" There's a pile of mail condolences on the floor near his chair and he read each letter aloud to me ... Sometimes tears falling down her cheeks , she writes a few sentences in one of the letters , probably a record for a letter in return.
" But he is more often read the letters and crying . I was crying , " Alford writes , the New York Post .
Alford writes that at the height of the Cuban missile crisis , Kennedy said he was willing to follow the will of Cuba .
He decided to write the book after he became the object of ' madness tabloid ' in 2003 when a Kennedy biographer mentioned " a White House intern 19 years old " as one of Kennedy 's lover .
Twitter history of John F Kennedy
History of John F Kennedy while serving as president of the United States for 1000 published through social media Twitter .
Publication began on Thursday ( 20 / 01 ) by the library which archives the history of the former president , who was in the state of Massachusetts Boston .
Accounts via @ Kennedy1961 , written policies and quotes by Kennedy , at 50 years ago .
The library is also equipped with video and photos from a digital archive .
Last Thursday , the anniversary of Kennedy 's inauguration to 50 .
" You use Twitter to write down what is happening now , " said Director of Communications JFK Library Foundation , Rachel Day to ABC .
" For us , it is that ever happened . We use ingredients that we have outstanding at the Kennedy library archives to describe what happened , " he added .
One of the publications in the Twitter account is @ Kennedy1961 quote Kennedy 's inauguration speech on 50 years ago .
" The citizens of my supporters : Do not ask what the Americans were accustomed to you , but what together we can do for the freedom of man , " .
Library which archives data and historical life of former president , has been digitally collected data files , video , audio and objects associated with them .
This digital collection project is the largest of the 13 libraries that archive the history of the U.S. President .
John F Kennedy , is the youngest president ever served in the United States , was shot dead in Dallas , Texas , after 1000 days served as President of the United States .(BBC)
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