4 Historical voices, collective memory, and interdiscursive trauma in the legal order

On November 22, 2013 thousands of people gathered in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Bells tolled at 12:30pm Central Time (the time shots rang out on November 22, 1963), and parts of the speech he was to give that day were enshrined in a concrete memorial to commemorate one of the most beloved figures in American history. On June 6, 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia another assembly of thousands gathered for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, with guest speaker President Bill Clinton delivering the main address. At the end ...

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