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Some of the president's speeches are going to be read. and there is going to be a new jfk monument that's going to be unveiled. it's actually located on the grassy knoll on street side there. the inscription on it is actually the final part of the speech that will jfk was on his way to deliver at the dallas trade mart on that day. >> kennedy was the nation's 35th president. this week has given us all an opportunity really to revisit history to revisit the legacy of john f. kennedy. what would the u.s. have been like had this assassination not happened? these important pieces of legislation, th...

He had landed a shot flight from fort worth. about an hour fll now is when the tragedy happened here in dealey plaza. the city hopes this is part of the turning of the page, a new monument as michael mentioned at the top will be unveiled. at the foot of the monument, a paragraph from the speech the president was supposed to deliver that day. he was on his way to a luncheon at the dallas trade marred when oswald shot him from the school depository. the city hopes to mark the anniversary in a somber and appropriate way. it is an attempt at a bit of a page turning >> david, jfk had his flaws. per...

Too. the statue, tell us what's on the agenda. >> well, there will be a moment of silence. the program starts here in about half an hour. it's really a very simple program, a brief speech from the mayor of the city. there will also be excerpts of speeches from president kennedy written or read by the historian david mccullough. then it culminates with the unveiling after i new monument along the grassy knoll which will carry the last paragraph that president kennedy was supposed to give. there was a roomful of people waiting for him to give his speech. he was on his way there, but when the mot...

Welcome back. live images there and also very historic i thinks as you eon the bomb right-hand side of your screen there of john f. kennedy 50 years ago today on his fateful visit to dallas. there you see on the left, the arlington national cemetery eternal flame and also there in the upper half of your screen, dallas today commemorating the legacy of jfk. >> a city for 50 years has tried to shake off the of reputation, if you like, of the city where jfk died, where he was killed and now for the first time actually marking this anniversary of his death. >> and shortlily there will be a ceremon...