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Nov. 20, 2013 / 4:01 AM

Obama to honor JFK 50 years after assassination

On Nov. 22 1963 JFK was assassinated.

U.S. Marine Corporal Mark Paradis, with Taps For Veterans, plays Taps at President John K. Kennedy's grave during the Bugle Call to Remember in honor of the the 50th anniversary of the sounding of Taps at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 16, 2013. The event paid tribute to JFK and to Army Bugler Sgt. Keith Clark who played Taps at President Kennedy's funeral in 1963. November 22 will make the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

U.S. Marine Corporal Mark Paradis, with Taps For Veterans, plays Taps at President John K. Kennedy's grave during the Bugle Call to Remember in honor of the the 50th anniversary of the sounding of Taps at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 16, 2013. The event paid tribute to JFK and to Army Bugler Sgt. Keith Clark who played Taps at President Kennedy's funeral in 1963. November 22 will make the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo

(UPI) -- Two days before the 50th anniversary of the death of former American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, current President Barack Obama will honor the slain chief of state's legacy.

Obama will start Wednesday by honoring more than a dozen prominent Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This year Bill Clinton, Oprah, and late astronaut Sally Ride are among the recipients.

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The Presidential Medal of Freedom's modern form was established by Kennedy and is the highest award granted to a civilian by the US.

Kennedy was assassinated in Texas and his death led to many conspiracies about who was responsible.

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