President Obama Marks 50th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination With Day of Remembrance

In honor of assassinated president John F. Kennedy, President Obama has declared Friday, Nov. 22 as a Day of Remembrance for the late president.

To pay tribute, Obama ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the 50th anniversary of JFK's death. On Friday afternoon, he also commemorated Kennedy's assassination with an event devoted to an institution created by JFK: The Peace Corps, reports the Detriot Free Press.

Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald, however, a recent Gallup poll revealed that over half of the American population that JFK's death is immersed in a secret conspiracy involving either the Mob, the government (including the CIA), Cuba or Russia amongst other theories. 

"A half century ago, America mourned the loss of an extraordinary public servant," said Obama in his proclamation, according to USA Today.

"With broad vision and soaring but sober idealism, President John F. Kennedy had called a generation to service and summoned a Nation to greatness. Today, we honor his memory and celebrate his enduring imprint on American history."

He continued on, stating, "While President Kennedy's life was tragically cut short, his vision lives on in the generations he inspired -- volunteers who serve as ambassadors for peace in distant corners of the globe, scientists and engineers who reach for new heights in the face of impossible odds, innovators who set their sights on the new frontiers of our time.

"Today and in the decades to come, let us carry his legacy forward. Let us face today's tests by beckoning the spirit he embodied -- that fearless, resilient, uniquely American character that has always driven our Nation to defy the odds, write our own destiny, and make the world anew."