Perhaps as a Canadian it is unusual for this date and the events that surround it to mean so much to me.
Forty three years ago, at just about 12:30, your president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated.
The events of that day have consumed me for most of my adult years.
Call me an "assassination buff" or one of those "conspiracy nuts", a growing number of your own citizens believe not all is known of that tragic event. It seems to me that day marked the pivotol moment where America lost it's innocence. Suspicion and distrust seems to have grown from the seed planted that horrific day and it's reprocussions continue to be seen in newspapers on a daily basis.
We continue to enjoy our democracies so agree or not, I have my opinions. Anyone interested can check out a small page I have at;
http://ca.geocities.com/amatniek@rogers.com/jfk.html
(some minor corrections have to me made and links updated - the crux of the argument remains)
I still keep the faith from north of the 49th.
God Bless America
Yuri