60 years after JFK assassination: Remembering president's see to Houston 24 hours before his death

HOUSTON, Texas (BNN)-- President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 60 years ago.
But did you know the president invested his last night in downtown Houston?
The president and very first girl were on a trip of Texas.
At the exact same time, LULAC, the most significant Latino civil rights company in the nation at the time, was holding its yearly statewide gala at the Rice Hotel.
The strategy was for the couple just to stop by and wave.
Rather, they stayed for about 20 minutes.
It was the very first time in history a United States president resolved a Latino group.
The first girl spoke in Spanish, specifically acknowledging a crowd that had dealt with years of discrimination.
"" It was just like a dream come to life - definitely a dream come to life for an impressionable 17-year-old,"" Rosalie Sharkey explained.
& #x 27; We said, & #x 27; We want to talk to the president. & #x 27; He said, & #x 27; Just a minute. & #x 27; We ran down, and he was walking on the phase," she discussed.
"And it is rather symbolic due to the fact that of the group he was dealing with. "These were high school trainees.
Sixty years later on, Sharkey is now a retired Spanish instructor.
She went to college on a LULAC scholarship.
And to this day, she has the very same pictures awaiting her living room that her parents did.
"" It was very crucial to have an image of the Pope, naturally, Jesus, and of President Kennedy, and it warmed my heart since that'& #x 27; s precisely what my home was like,"" Sharkey said. "" We had those 3 photos on the wall."".
The Heritage Museum has an exhibition up until the middle of January on President Kennedy'& #x 27;
s visit. For more information, you can visit the Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park site.
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