The gunman and his mother: Lee Harvey Oswald, Margaret Oswald, and an assassin's work (Kindle single) bought relevant content before Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald tried to kill Marina, the wife of one of his major generals, Oswald, and his two daughters, brother Robert and mother Margaret were the only mourners. The public was forbidden to enter Rose Hill Cemetery, and no friends or other relatives showed up. To avoid arguments, grave diggers were told that they were digging a hole for William Bobo.
Waiting for the Secret Service, FBI agents and a heavyweight guard, seven journalists as volunteers carried pine coffins to the grave. Before the coffin was put down, the lid of the coffin was opened to let the family see Oswald's face for the last time. As united press international reporter Preston McGraw pointed out, "Two women, one at a time, quickly bent down and kissed the body."
At the request of Reverend Luis Sanders, the Minister of Interreligious Christianity, two Lutheran priests agreed to provide this service. However, for fear of the potential threat from snipers, they broke their word when they learned that the funeral would be held outside the tomb, not in the church. Saunders came as an observer and Margaret asked him to chair the meeting.
After a short temporary service, Margaret hardly missed a beat, but walked to the TV camera: "My son Lee Harvey Oswald, even after his death, did more for his country than anyone alive."
This is the statement she made, etched with copper. This is one of many strange and discordant reactions, which leads many people to question her reasons in the future and find out the possible sources of her son's many problems.
A few days after the funeral, Bob Hefak, a reporter from Texas Radio and Television, arranged a telephone interview. He has been reporting news activities for Claude and CBS in the Dallas Police Building. Standing less than 1 1 ft from Oswald, he heard jack ruby 's.38 revolver and saw Oswald fall.
"Seeing Margaret Oswald's son murdered in front of my eyes, I was afraid to disturb his mother's grief," Hefenke wrote. But then she became aggressive and tough, and I found that I had no sympathy at all. . . I hung up and shook my head at Margaret Oswald's dizzying logic. Her indifference touched me. She seems to be full of anger, indifference, impatience and argumentative, rather than sadness.
Under the surveillance of the Secret Service, the grieving widow, her children and Margaret lived in the inn of Six Flags Motel outside Dallas. Marina was shocked by Margaret's aggressive propaganda and despised her constant concern for money. A few months later, Marina told the Warren Committee, "She has a passion: money, money, money." . And: "There are some violent scenes. She doesn't want to listen to anyone. Someone is hysterical. Everyone is guilty and no one understands her. Maybe my point of view is wrong, but at least I don't want to live with her and listen to scandals every day.
Lee Myung-bak's half-brother, John Pique, was particularly dissatisfied with his mother's behavior after her assassination. He told the Warren Committee: "Personally, I think she is going out to make as much money as possible and her relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald." This is the only thing-I really don't believe that she really believes that he is innocent. I think she is trying to make money, not to say that he is guilty. I think she is a liar in the whole transaction.
In the months after the assassination of the president and the death of her husband, Marina's views became even tougher. I don't think she is a very nice person. She told the Warren Committee, "I think this part of the crime is hers." I didn't accuse her, but I think Li's experience is partly due to her, because he probably didn't get the education he deserved in his childhood and didn't guide her correctly. If she is in contact with my children now, I don't want her to maim them.
In the days after the assassination, Marina kept her promise, and neither Joan nor Rachel was allowed to see their grandmother again.
Margaret Oswald, the mother of the murdered woman, accused Lee Harvey Oswald, the murderer of the president. On February 7th, 1964, she took a photo with her lawyer Marc Ryan in new york. (? Bettmann/Corbis), but the unwavering Margaret still did not apologize. As she told the Warren Committee in her three-day batik testimony, "It is not illegal to sell these photos. I have no job and no job. If I want to sell a photo to a magazine or newspaper to protect my economy, I will continue to do so.
More than a year after her son died, Margaret was still full of self-pity and anger. She made a new plan to investigate her son's life. She told everyone that despite the lack of evidence and funds, he was still an agent. She no longer has reason to doubt her grand dream and historical position. She is very wronged.
From time to time, she received a phone call from a TV or newspaper reporter, trying to interview the assassin's mother and calling herself "the mother of history". When the money is not enough, she will sell a letter or document related to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, or a dress of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Sometimes, she will appear in Dilly Square and sell her signature business card to tourists for $5: Margaret Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's mother.
"I am the strongest person in this tragedy because I lost everything," she told a reporter who knocked at the door ten years after the assassination. I had nothing, but I survived.
There is no expression of regret, no regret, only constant motivation to continue fighting, even if she abandoned her family and friends. Her gentle attitude has never wavered. "I know some people will not hesitate to prove their ideas to me," she told the interviewer Jean Stafford. "Believe me, if anyone has the right idea, it's Margaret Oswald."
198 1 year 65438+1October 17, Margaret Clavelli Oswald died of cancer, and she was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Her grave is next to her son Li.
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This is an adaptation of Steven Betsch Ross's The Gunner and His Mother: The Formation of Lee Harvey Oswald, Margaret Oswald and the Assassin. His works have been published in The New Yorker, The New Republic and many other magazines.