The only US president to ever have a foreign military at his funeral. Jackie personally requested the Irish military to attend, she knew how much he loved Ireland and would have wanted it.

72 hours earlier he was cruising around Dallas in the sunshine, he'd never imagine his funeral would be just 3 days later.

I was 9 years old when all of this happened. I watched it all on TV. I'm 68 years old, now and I still remember that entire weekend and the funeral on Monday. For folks in my age group, it's something you don't ever forget.

I'm a Canadian of Montreal and we Canadians were just as shocked by this. My dads company was shut down and he came home early that day. Our schools were closed, universities, kindergartens, stores, banks, bars, and our flag was at half mast everywhere! Believe me, we felt it too! 🇱🇷🇨🇦🙏

The way Caroline hangs on to her mother and little John looks around confused is enough to break anyone’s heart.

One of the darkest saddest days in history was the assassination of John F Kennedy

I can still see my teacher standing in the doorway with tears streaming down her face. Even in grade school we all mourned. Still remember President Kennedys funeral as though it was yesterday.

I was 11 1/2 years old. There are no words to to describe the depth of our national grief. I turn 70 in 2022 and still feel the sting of of tears as I watch this video from 58 years ago. The sense of loss.

I was 16 when Kennedy was killed. Jackie became our overnight savior when she taught all the world to behave in the face of incalculable grief and shock. Her majestic presence made us all a better people. Things like this never happened to us before and only when the Beatles arrived in February did we learn to slowly smile again. Jackie went on to become the most famous woman of the Twentieth century and maybe in all of history. I still cry when I think of that Friday when I left school for a dental appointment and the dentist and I sat and cried when we heard that he had indeed died. It seemed like yesterday, and like yesterday those of us privileged to be there when he was president still suffer from the horror that changed America. And it hasn't ever been right again.

The day Kennedy was shot, I was sitting in class taking a history test. I had not studied for it, so I put my ear plug in my ear and turned on my little radio I had in my shirt to my favorite DJ station. Then they broke in and yelled the President had been shot. I yelled it out to everyone in the room. The teacher came running, I took it out and we all listened. Mr. Trammels class 1963

what’s even sadder is this was held on his son’s 3rd birthday, may both JFK and his son rest-in peace

What strikes me here is the dignity in this voice, the dignity of the remembrance, and the dignity in politics and unity of the population that is so lacking today.

I am 81 now, but I remember it so clearly. My heart was broken. We had been blessed to have such a president.

November 22, 1963. America was never the same after that and has still not recovered.

Still remembering him 60 years later in 2023 NEVER FORGET!

As I watched this, I remember it like it was yesterday, except I am an old man and not a child. Some things are never forgotten.

I'm glad this was filmed in color to preserve history.

She took a ring from her finger and placed it in his hand. A beautiful poem.

John F. Kennedy will always be remembered as a wonderful president.

It really hits me seeing the Irish guard standing by the grave. A son of Ireland to the last moment of his earthly life.

My tears flow freely when I remember those awful days. I am 74 now and my heart breaks for our nation. I was 16 when this happened. When I got home from school in NYC, I couldn’t understand why I saw so many people in the streets openly crying. The shock was beyond words. I got to shake Robert Kennedy’s hand when he came to our bus stop in NYC. He was running for office. THEN.......HE WAS MURDERED.

I was 15 the day JFK was murdered I stayed home from school and was watching TV and I was very shocked, now I am 68 and after 53 years this still makes me sad :(.

Never forget... 60 Years ago today, Rest in eternal power Mr. Kennedy.

I cried from nov 22 to Nov 25 1963 He was my hero. I was a junior in highschool and to this day I have never called a president the only president I ever give that title to is John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Thanks for posting. Remember his words, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

There will never be another jack Kennedy. He was a gift from God.

I sadly remember those 4 DARK DAYS in November of 1963, today while rewatching it, I still cry at the loss of this great man.

Even the man blowing the bugle @ 40:13 missed a note due to his emotions and what was happening. A true trooper.

I can't imagine the pain his brothers must have felt as well as Jackie.

Rest In Peace John F. - Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917 - 1963 (Never Forgotten) 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I was 12 yrs old remember watching with our entire Irish Family of 10 children we were silent for the entire funeral for the first time in our lives. President Kennedy will always be in our hearts forever. God Bless America.

Soon to be 82 reliving the agony of yesteryear and shedding tears allover again. Greetings from South Texas.

At 12:25, the soldier at the rear of the casket is Captain Samuel Bird. He was the soldier's soldier, serving with high distinction in Vietnam. His story is a highly compelling read of gallantry and intrepidity. He suffered very severe and highly painful wounds including the loss of brain matter. He was promoted to Major. He died in 1984.

He didn't fail us, we failed him. The America of 2020 is on us.

I was 3 and saw my dad drop to his needs with tears in his eyes. RIP MR PRESIDENT KENNEDY MY FAMILY WILL NEVER FORGET YOU 😢.

That intense flyover at 35mins followed straight away by the meticulous drill of the Irish Honour Guard(as Gaeilge) always gives me goosebumps and a lump in my throat as an Irishman.The best of America on show here☘.

Jackie Kennedy was impeccable as his wife and impeccable at his funeral, he couldnt have chosen someone better, his wife deserved the utmost respect

And we also lost JFK jr and RFK. How the world could’ve been so different had these men lived out there lives.

I will never forget talking with my grandfather about this sad, sad event. He was far too young to die and in such a horrible way for his family to have to repeatedly watch over and over again. What a strong person Jackie had to be to go through on that day. I will go to my grave believing that it was a government conspiracy on November 22, 1963. I am only 46 but I will never forget what conversations I had about all this horror with my grandfather. May John F. Kennedy R.I.P.

I watch this with teary eyes. I was 10 and at home at lunchtime when the news broke. I watched Walter Cronkite announce in trembling voice, that President Kennedy has died. When I returned to school, all the teachers were still in their lounge, huddled around the small TV. Miss Cox walked into our room with red eyes. We talked about what happened until the bell rang. I’ve never forgotten this day, etched into our minds indelibly. I can still hear the Pa-rump, Pa-rump of the drums and the clop-clop of the horses pulling the coffin. The next year, I visited DC with my school’s crossing guards, paraded down Pennsylvania Ave. and visited the temporary gravesite of JFK. That visit made everything even more real for me.

60 years...still powerful today.

When the flag is folded; it hits home. As a Military sister, seeing your loved one laid to rest, hearing the 21 gun salute, and Taps being played is very emotional. No one other than those who have lost service members will understand the sorrow. God rest his soul in eternal peace. 🕯✝️😪🇺🇸💔🌅🌌

I was born nowhere near these times and yet, I still shed a tear for this great gentleman. Thank you so much uploader. 😢

It still hurts. How his wife stood those 3 days l will never know. She did it for him and our country. God rest the souls of John and Jackie Kennedy.

The downfall of America started here... he was just 46 on his death... the best Democrat president... sad.

I'm 75. Will never forget that day. I was a junior in high school. Heard about shooting going up stairway to study hall. Thought was terrible joke someone was making. When got to study hall they had it on intrrcom.He wasn't perfect. Neither are any of us. But if you weren't around then you missed a magical time while he was alive. There will never be anyone else like him. He brought us through a potential war with the Soviet Union over their installing missiles in Cuba. I still miss him. Thank you President Kennedy for everything.

Well, did not need lemons under my eyes on that one. Thank you for a “ no narration” funeral of President Jack Kennedy - He is still dearly missed by so many. I always smile when I go into an old bar and there is framed photo of Jack with his 100% American smile - It’s a feeling of being home.

I was in school in 1963......They sent us home early and as a 8 year old kid as well as a nation we were scarred. The poem read by Senator Mike Mansfield didn't mean as much that day as it does as you get older. The country changed radically in November 1963.......And we have been on a spiral downwards ever since........I miss my country the way that it was. It is sad to see what it has become. God please forgive us and bless the United States.

The pain of this never leaves. That drumbeat is seared in my memory.

I was 18 when this happened. Living in a small town in country Queensland, Australia. It was a Saturday morning. My mother woke me up to tell me. She’d heard it on the radio…no tv for us in those days. We cried and hugged the radio all day to find more news. The mystique and tragedy of the Kennedy clan continues. May they Rest in Peace…only Carolyn survives. 🇦🇺🇦🇺

I was in 6th hour, 14 yrs old. It came over our school PA. Everybody was crying, we had no school until his funeral was over. I could cry just watching this. I am now 74, 😪

HE will always be remembered. GOD BLESS AMERICA.He died in service fr such a great country as a powerful democratic nd leader. I was moved wth tears taking part in his service . HE is still wth America in spirit. Daphne raghunath india.

When he was alive, you looked at that man and thought that's what a President should look and act like. The Office of President suited him unlike any other.

Beyond words watching this right now ! As Tears 😭 literally flow from my face the crazy part of my emotions is I was not even born when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in November of 1963. I did not show up until 1979! Seeing this and studying his life in school reading about him and his lovely,beautiful family it’s moments like these that are so endearing to the American 🇺🇸 spirit! I can’t speak for anyone but myself seeing the flag draped casket on the horse and carriage, the drums beating as the troops are marching, the black stallion without the rider on his back ( that really made me cry harder ) and then 1st Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy so full of grace and stoically graced as she walks and hold her two children’s hand! She represents honor, and poise and dignity of the best class as she stood tall and bold for a nation that was hurting at the fall of a great leader! We will never have days like these anymore! I just know it did not matter what race or ethnic group or political affiliation you belonged to! Everyone felt the pain of November 22, 1963 and though I was not there watching this reminds me of the honor and bravery me my sister and my dad all saw when we joined the armed forces and both my sister and my dad retired and I was medically separated due to an injury but I am glad to have served faithfully and honorably! I love God Almighty I love my family and loved ones and I love The United States 🇺🇸 of America! We need to get back to God get back to integrity and honor and values! The way JFK was honored that day of his funeral is amazing and it will go down in history as one of the most watched broadcasting in television history! I am very glad to be an American 🇺🇸 hailing from the magnolia/ hospitality state of Mississippi thank you President John F Kennedy for your impeccable service as a Naval officer; Commander in Chief( President ) and senator we still love you and of course millions miss you! God bless the Kennedy and Bouvier Families

Möge Gott seiner Seele ewigen Frieden schenken. R.i.P John Fitzgerald Kennedy 😢😔😞❤

When JFK was killed. Robert Kennedy (jfks brother) helped keep Jackie Kennedy Alive away from suicide thoughts, but when RFK was assassinated, that was the final straw for Jackie and she suffered from ptsd

We will never have another President like John F. Kennedy ever again .This was a sad day for us all .R.I.P John F. Kennedy

I am now 86, listening again to the funeral march, which still gives me chills. One of the saddest days, for me, in the history of this nation. I will always associate Texas with the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

I was in the 4th grade when my teacher answered phone call. He shook his head in disbelief with tears in his eyes as he spoke the words "Oh No! Oh No! Oh No!" We began to chuckle. He hung up the phone and told us our President Kenneday had been shot! We all jerked in our seats from the shock! I watched this country decline since then. No longer the wholesome society it once was. I guess I will always be teary eyed for my country! May God help us all in America!

When John F. Kennedy died, a large part of America died with him... the american dream

I'm 18 and I still cried when I watched this. I can't even count how many books I've read or how many documentaries I've watched about John F. Kennedy. I wish I could have been alive then. I wish I could have met him.

I was 11 years old and still remember it like it was yesterday. 😔

One of the drummers in this video taught me in high school as I was a young drummer. He was from my home town. Memories.

He is a legend as legend's never die

I Often cry when i see this . my dad was Navy honor guard for JFK Funeral and i am still proud of what he did . I was adopted with two big sisters My dad was the Best and I miss him so much

I was in my 5th grade classroom when the news broke. There was a women's loud anguished wail from the direction of the principal's office. A few minutes later the teacher was called from our classroom. Shortly thereafter she came back to break the news to us. We were sent home. I remember watching the events of the next several days on TV. This brings back the memories of the shocked disbelief of those days. I was attending my Dad's funeral 15 months later.

Rest in peace. John F. Kennedy.

"Remembering the tears of my parents, it was like the whole world stopped on Nov. 22, 1963, the whole week we did not have school, just to watch what was going on, I was only 11 in 1963, but still remember that it was one of the saddest days and week in history"!!! 😥😢

I have never watched this whole thing before. It really made my cry. He was taken too early. He had so much more to accomplish. Watching his children just made me so sad.

Never Forget 11/22/1963 60 Years Ago

My father died today and all Z thought of was him,jfk,rfk and all the millions who've passed forever in our heart

This footage is incredible. Really captures the heartache the country was feeling.

This was 7 years before I was born. Still makes this grown man cry.

I visit his grave site and wow, I felt a rush of emotions. I never would have thought I would meet him. Rest in peace Mr. President

I was 9 yrs old and remember this vividly. Watching it all the funeral procession etc on tv. I will never forget the sound of those drums. Still emotional

I remember this well. I was 6 years old. My mother sat in front of the television set and sobbed throughout the entire funeral. The nation was horrified at this assassination. Nowadays people have become so jaded, so insensitive to violence that today this would never have the same numbing effect it did back in 1963.

I'm only 14 but watching this makes me cry every time. The fact that this young President was killed in such a horrible way and that he had a wife and 2 young children who were just days shy of their 3rd and 6th birthdays and losing their father so young and him being absent for most of their lives, a thing that no child should have to go through. I love and miss you President Kennedy, God Bless your Soul.

I was there…a student who cried…could not take all the sadness…drove home to the saddest Thanksgiving ever. Will never forget that time.

I was in 4th grade. There was a knock on the classroom door and our teacher went out in the hallway, came back in with tears. She told us what had happened and that school was being dismissed. I only lived a few blocks from the school and most of time walked to and from. I remember walking home, crying the entire way and going in the house and my Mom was sitting in the den with TV on in tears.

I watched this at the Kennedy library on my senior trip to Boston. 2/3 of my class and our teachers cried the entire time.

I'll be glad when the truth is finally revealed publicly.

I got to meet him almost three years to the day before this funeral. His passing was a personal loss to me.

RIP John f Kennedy you will always be in our hearts we all loved u

I am now 64 years old and this still makes me cry. I watched 3 days of this sad event with my dad and mom. I remember everything about the day JFK was murdered.

All these years later one can still feel overwhelming sadness oozing out of this video. I'm sitting here watching with a knot in my stomach, a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat!

I was 10. To this day I can still remember our teacher coming in to tell us. She was in shock.

The power of this time never fades. It is gripping, beyond poignant, and everlasting grief. America never recovered from the trauma of this event. The pain lingers, while the innocence of those times has vanished, replaced by rancor and cynicism. We were bonded by our grief then; we are fractured by anger now. These were potent, tragic times, but better in that we shared a national conscience. We lost our way. We are still thrashing about, struggling to stay afloat. It is harder than ever. This day is seared in memory. It will never fade.

I was in my mother's womb at the time of Pres. Kennedys death. Out of all the presidential footage of all the presidents, Mr. Kennedy is the only one who gives me chills when I watch his speeches. It's hard to put into words, but there's just something about him as a man that very few of us have. He seemed almost godly to me.

The pain felt by the World on this day still reverberates today...

You can see it in the faces of the crowds in this film. His death was a turning point in world history and everyone knew it. The country was ours for a while, now it was their's again.

I am 67 years old now and it still brings tears to my eyes..

Thanks to whoever did this video. What a sad time in the United States 🇺🇸

I remember watching in real time as a kid on our black and white television. So surreal to see this now, all these years later and in color. It was a huge blow to our beloved country.

What's really sad is that we also lost his Brother Robert who would have made an excellent president if given the chance.....a lot of JFKs work was a joint effort with RFK......

I was born 4years after jfk died but grew up with his picture in our house here in Ireland I have watched all documentaries and films of him and I say what respect the American people had for him you are a great country his roots may have been Irish but he was. truly American we were so proud of him too

My kids were the same age as the kennedy kids. It hit me so hard when this happened how can anyone forget it.? His poor mother lived through so much tragedy.

Unless you were living back then it is difficult to imagine the shock to the nation. Presidents rode in open vehicles. Walked into crowds. Violence was not an everyday occurrence in your face like today. Nobody thought of assassinations. It was just unbelievable. I read several posts complaining about security for President Obama on another thread. Well, this is the reason why. I will never forget that day.

In a moment three shots Rang Out that changed the course of history from November 22 -1963 till today

Fun fact:John F Kennedy grave is the most visited grave in history

May all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.