奧巴馬通告週五全國紀念肯尼迪
President Barack Obama has ordered flags across the United States to fly at half staff to honor President John F. Kennedy -- assassinated 50 years ago Friday.
Mr. Obama called his revered predecessor an "extraordinary public servant" who had broad vision and sober idealism. Mr. Obama laid a wreath at President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
Church bells will ring in Dallas, Texas -- the southwestern city where President Kennedy was gunned down. There will also be moments of silence and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough will read from some of Mr. Kennedy's speeches.美國總統奧巴馬下令星期五全國下半旗，向50年前遭到暗殺的肯尼迪總統致敬。
奧巴馬說，這位深受尊敬的前總統是一位“傑出的公僕”，他具有廣闊的視野和清醒的理想主義。星期三，奧巴馬在阿靈頓國家公墓向肯尼迪總統墓地獻花圈。
德克薩斯州達拉斯市的教堂鐘聲將爲紀念肯尼迪總統而響起。肯尼迪總統當年就是在這座美國西南部的城市遭到暗殺。人們還將默哀，普利策獎得主、歷史學家麥卡洛將朗誦肯尼迪總統的一些演講片段。
