The Kennedy assassination was an absolutely important event in American history, when Kennedy was only 46 years old.
However, in the face of such an important thing, first lady Jacqueline also shocked the world's eyeballs with her own strength.
Why?
Kennedy was 12 years older than Jacqueline, when she was only 34 years old. But when faced with the scene of the assassination, she turned into a woman who was even crazier than the assassin.
At the time of the incident, Kennedy and Jacqueline sat side by side in the back of the convertible, in front of the presidential agent and Texas Governor Connery and his wife.
Kennedy laughed and waved at the crowd when a gunshot rang out and his arteries were bleeding profusely. A second shot was fired, and a piece of Kennedy's skull was blown out.
Jacqueline was panicked, but in the process of her panic she was very aware of the reality that picking up the skull might keep her husband alive.
So her first instinct was not to scream, not to hide, but to climb straight to the back of the car at the risk of being assassinated to pick up Kennedy's skull.
"President Kennedy's skull was instantly shattered by bullets, blood spurted out, spilled all over me, splashed on my face and hair, and Mrs. Ninidi was so frightened that she was helpless... In a panic, she tried to climb on the back cover of the car to pick up a piece of his exploded skull, and the scene was unbearable. ”
These are the words written by President's agent Ken Lint Hill in her later years when she wrote her memoirs, and from this passage we seem to see a Jacqueline who put reality above her life. It can be seen that her strength is not comparable to that of ordinary women.
Jacqueline always seemed to be making the right decisions, even though she was terrified by the assassination, but she still knew what she should do next.
For example, Kennedy's blood has stained her suit red, but she still refuses to take it off, but wears it from Air Force One and attends the inauguration ceremony of the new president without a single expression.
Is this a protest, or a reminder?
Anyway, some people say that when the American people saw Jacqueline's blood-stained suit, they were angry, and they demanded that the new president arrest the real culprit for Kennedy.
This is an act of wisdom, and a person often makes many wrong decisions when he is sad, scared, and helpless. But Jacqueline didn't, even at her husband's funeral, she maintained that style.
Although Kennedy was a popular man, his popularity was still very high at the time, and after his assassination, more than 250,000 people across the country came to see him off.
As president, Kennedy's body was dissected before being fitted into a coffin, and Jacqueline stood on the side of the coffin with her daughter and son.
Beside and behind her are members of the Kennedy family and political elites.
Sadly, Jacqueline wears a black dress and a long black veil on her head.
Those who know it understand that this black suit full of sadness comes from the famous Givenchy brand.
It turned out that jacqueline had already returned to the White House and began to deal with Kennedy's funeral, including the clothes she had to wear to attend the funeral. In just a few days, you can think of such details, which is obviously very difficult.
The suit was specially airlifted from Paris.
The same was true of the Kennedys, who wore Givenchy costumes at the same time as Jacqueline, who kept their own clothing sizes in Givenchy's offices.
It is not clear whether this is a kind of etiquette or a quality, when the most important person around you has passed away, you can still think of a woman who dresses solemnly and elegantly, and I am afraid that Jacqueline is the first to bear the brunt.
People say that Jacqueline's love for Kennedy is actually just a yearning for power, so even when she knows that her husband is cheating, she never quarrels.
However, at Kennedy's funeral, people captured such a scene: when Kennedy's coffin was about to be transported out of the Capitol, Jacqueline burst into tears, and she pulled her daughter to kiss her husband's coffin affectionately, refusing to leave for a long time.
Jacqueline's daughter was only 6 years old at the time, and she knelt in front of her father's coffin like a mother, learning to kiss the coffin like a mother.
There was a trance in that look, but it was also sentimental.
But just as the coffin slowly moved forward, Jacqueline suddenly lowered herself, leaning over her 3-year-old son's ear and whispering something.
Soon, the son seemed to have grasped his mother's teachings, and he stood up straight against the slowly passing spirit hub, and like a soldier in front of him, raised a small hand to his forehead: saluting his father's coffin.
It was a standard farewell ceremony, and many people were heartbroken to see it.
But Jacqueline took her daughter's hand and just silently watched the Spirit Hub move forward.
Why did she teach her son to salute his father like this? Why would I think of this scene at a time of heartbreak, I am afraid that no one will ever know.
But this is Jacqueline's strength, and she is always focused on more than just sticking to the point in front of her. She will think a lot, she will think far, and she will not let herself go when she is most flustered and sad.
Usually, how strong does a person have to be to endure the pain of widowhood to pay attention to the clothing and children's feelings, and how much ability does he have to take care of his own image and ensure that he impresses the public's eyeballs? If that's politics, it's right to say it's impersonal.
From the moment Kennedy's coffin was buried in Ellington National Cemetery, Jacqueline's moment of brilliance was destined to come to an end.
But for a long time, people's eyes were full of crazy looks when she climbed on the back cover of the car, and it was her son's small, determined salute.
Such a Jacqueline gave the people a different firmness and strength, but also gave the people a hundred percent good feeling. But in the face of the media interview, Jacqueline said this:
"It's all over... The only thing I have to accomplish now is to take care of our children so that they can grow up healthy... I want John to grow up to be a happy boy. ”
You see, in such a tone, is there still a taste of sadness? Or the helplessness to start over?
Obviously none of it belonged to Jacqueline, who had been navigating the events and no one could really understand how strong and independent she really was.
Unfortunately, this time Jacqueline encountered a "spell" that the Kennedy family could not break.
Although she tried everything to make her son grow up healthy and happy, she still couldn't be spared.
This is as the American media joked:
"As a member of the Kennedy family, you don't want to dream of being able to lie in bed and die quietly."
Therefore, little John died at a young age, and Jacqueline married him to the Greek ship king in vain, burying her image in the eyes of the American people. On this point, I wonder if Jacqueline will regret it in her later years?