ROSCOE, Ill. -- The original tombstone of Lee Harvey Oswald may not rest here in peace much longer. Not that it has rested anywhere for very long. In the nearly 50 years since Mr. Oswald, the presumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was buried in Texas, the grave marker has been stolen from a cemetery, recovered by the police, hidden away...
To the Editor: I wouldn't presume to argue with Ross Douthat's negative appraisal of the Kennedy presidency (''The Enduring Cult of Kennedy,'' column, Nov. 27), although labeling those who view that presidency in a favorable light as cultists seems rather shrill, and I won't bother arguing with his characterization of John F. Kennedy as a cold...
THE cult of John F. Kennedy has the resilience of a horror-movie villain. No matter how many times the myths of Camelot are seemingly interred by history, they always come shambling back to life -- in another television special, another Vanity Fair cover story, another hardcover hagiography. It's fitting, then, that the latest exhumation comes...
Lee Harvey Oswald (18. oktober 1939 - 24. november 1963) er udråbt til at være ham, der skød og dræbte John F. Kennedy 22. november 1963, da hans fingeraftryk var på det gevær, som affyrede kuglerne. Oswald benægtede selv at have begået drabet. Inden Oswald kom for retten, blev han selv skudt af Jack Ruby. Lee Harvey Oswald blev således aldrig dømt.
Oswald og hans rolle i Kennedy-mordet er genstand for adskillige konspirationsteorier.