The 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy took place when Barbara Rimer was 15 years old.

Doreen Thomas, like 1.8 million others, sent John F Kennedy's widow a letter of condolence, but was astonished to receive a reply.

DAYS after president John F. Kennedy was killed, doctor Ira Seiler sat at his desk and wrote a letter of condolence to his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy.

Among the 1.5 million condolence letters sent to President John F. Kennedy's widow after his assassination in 1963 were more than two dozen from Jane Dryden, a dogged and dramatic 11-year-old who churned out a letter a week for six months straight.

Peter Brenner had never felt much of a connection to politicians -- most of them, the Des Plaines resident once said, seemed to stand "for the status quo," the "trading and give and take" of favors swapped for special interest legislation.

Volunteers opened condolence letters to Jacqueline Kennedy. Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the White House was flooded with 1.5 million letters of sympathy from every corner of the nation, from critics of the president as well as supporters, from rich and poor, young and old.

A set of photos of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy taken in 1961 were released by Smithsonian National Museum located in Washiongton D.C. recently.

Three years before President Kennedy was assassinated, Marcia Grann was attending Gustavius Adolphus College where she was yearbook editor.

When U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated nearly 50 years ago, he left behind a nation stunned by grief and brimming with questions.

After reading thousands of letters sent to Jacqueline Kennedy following the President's death, historian Ellen Fitzpatrick selected 250 to be published for the first time.