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Remembering the Kennedy Assassination and the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

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President John F. Kennedy addressing the nation from the Oval Office during the Berlin Crisis on July 25th, 1961.

Iowa Public Radio listeners share their memories of the death of President John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.  Also historian Tom Schwartz of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum joins the conversation to share his own reflections of the event and to discuss the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River