Your email address will not be published. I always feel torn by whether I'm required to tell somebody about my history. Social justice drove Campbell, and he urged worshippers to engage with the world to right its wrongs. I said in effect to each person who criticized, The one thing you havent shown us is that what we have done is unlike Christ., Sources: English Language Institute records; First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor) records; and Harlan Henthorne Hatcher Papers, all at the Bentley Historical Library; A history, the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1826-1988: incorporating A sesquicentennial history 1976, newly revised and updated, editors Lila Miller, Robert M. Warner, Carl R. Geider; Warren Commission Report and Hearings; Follow Me, by Ernest T. Campbell. A: I've never publicly said one way or the other for sure. Then I find out he's been doing some quote-unquote assassination research. As for what his exact role in the assassination was - well, he'll have to be judged for that before God. I try to hold that in the back of my head. I don't know if I could've done it and kept my sanity: two small children, don't speak the language, dirt poor, everybody in the country pointing their finger at you -hating you in some cases. ", My biggest concern was that people at the office had my home address and phone number and I didn't want it leaked to The National Enquirer. Two days later, as authorities transferred him to a different jail, Oswald was gunned down by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. After a quick, makeshift service, Marguerite barely missed a beat before stepping up to a television camera: "Lee Harvey Oswald, my son, even after his death, has done more for his country than any other living human being.". And I said, "Yes?" We stayed with her for the summer. Nope. In one test (conducted by CBS News), 13 people were able to duplicate his shots. Four of those people had never fired the Mannlicher Carbiner And then, they tell a story about how after that I stood up in front of the whole class and said, "My father shot the President." Lee Harvey Oswalds youngest daughter, Rachel, was only one month old in 1963 when her father allegedly killed President Kennedy, and was shot to death himself. Twenty-eight years later, she granted this TV interview. Raised by her stepfather, Rachel Oswald Porter didnt know who her birth father was as a young child. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. I do blame him for having beat my mother, and not being a good father -- or a good provider. To avoid argument, the gravediggers were told they were digging a hole for William Bobo., As Secret Service, FBI agents, and a heavy police guard stood watch, seven newsmen serving asvolunteerpallbearers carried the pine coffin to the grave. A: The last two years have been very stressful, because she started doing things that she hasn't let us know about, then all of a sudden I hear about it or see it on TV. Moreover, she lived there with her mother and stepfather until 1957. We are very close -- except when these kinds of things come up. Now, the word father does mean Lee to me. You have permission to edit this article. Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Q: To what extent have you followed the various conspiracy theories?A: It's only in recent years that I've started to get involved in all that, mostly as part of trying to get the records released. "We have to get the Government to move before it's too late.". _________________________________________. Moreover, Porter gave birth to her daughter, June Lee, on February 15, 1962. Q: I guess you must be encouraged that the review board was finally sworn in last year.A: Yes, I'm also very excited about that. U-M has had its share of students with famous family ties often parents who are high-profile politicians, Hollywood stars and corporate CEOs. Rachel believes her father was involved in the. But in the shadow of this grim but stirring processionon that same MondayLee Harvey Oswald was quietly buried in Fort Worth, Texas. A good person. Oswalds wife Marina, two daughters, brother Robert and mother Marguerite were the only mourners. But the unmovable Marguerite remained unapologetic. A: The "second spirter," right. As Oswald was in her final weeks of campus, her name once again made news around the country. ), Despite privacy concerns, she's pushing for the release of all records pertaining to the assassination. Mom accused me one day of being ashamed of who I was. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Robert Edward Lee Oswald and Marguerite By found it I meant that I was looking back through the forum pages and this was posted first in 2004 so I decided to bring it back up to peoples attention. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. I started worrying about, first of all, do I have a responsibility to tell them? The APB [all points bulletin] for the suspect of JFK's assassination was described as an early or mid-twenties caucasian male between 59511 in h One would think they would be more anxious to try to, clear his name. If they could prove somehow that he was innocent, he'd still not be a hero, he'd be a martyr. Mom was always overprotective of us. I don't think that's true. And I'm gonna be in Dallas, and I want to sing it to you. She hadn't read it. She wanted to know Lee; she wants Lee to be a saint. The assassination has also been a constant in the life of June Oswald Porter, the 33-year-old daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. This was before wiretapping got more sophisticated. If they could prove somehow that he was innocent, he'd still not be a hero, he'd be a martyr. Baker said the city of New Orleans, where Oswald was born, was central to their relationship. So if I'm able to be detached or seem cold and unemotional about it, it's because I look at Lee in those terms.Q: I assume you've seen the footage of Lee being shot by Jack Ruby. By the early 60s it was enrolling hundreds of students a year for intensive courses in vocabulary, composition, and grammar. Oh great!" Oswald has indicated a desire to continue her education and mastery of the language is a necessary preliminary to such study. She would be one of 28,000 students on campus. It's not a matter of being ashamed, it's a matter of wanting to be judged as June Oswald and not "the daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald.". Are they going to take after some ancestor we don't even know? Marina Oswald Porter was the Soviet-American widow of Lee Harvey Oswald. Now, the word father does mean Lee to me, But dad is Dad. She hadn't read it. Q: Give me an example of what you'd consider harassment, A: When I was pregnant with my first, some lady got my phone number and called in the middle of the night. The couple later married on April 30, 1961. So I said, O.K., this is it. ", on Interview with Lee Harvey Oswalds Daughter She Believes in his Innocence, Interview with Lee Harvey Oswalds Daughter She Believes in his Innocence. There are a lot of assassination buffs who have analyzed all the technical data and the other available material and even they don't agree about what happened.Q: But are you comfortable with the fact that Lee Oswald played at least some role?A: I think there definitely is circumstantial evidence that could imply he had something to do with it because of the characters he was hanging out with in New Orleans. But you have to understand that, aside from what role he had in the assassination, there's the issue of what role he had in our family. Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. And they got my mother on television in a live interview - she still doesn't have a good grasp of the language - and they were asking her specific questions about this book. These rarely-seen pictures of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, autopsy, and funeral reveal the full story of the shooting that shook the nation in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. From The New York Times Magazine April 30, 1995. Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald in 1963, as they prepared to leave Russia for the United States. A: It was unusual. The Q: Do you and Rachel argue much about this?A: Yes. She seemed without grief, filled instead with outrageicy, edgy, and spoiling to argue. She didn't feel like Kenneth was her dad. Because Marina Oswald realized that she and her children could become the focus of attention at any time, she made sure June and Rachel were always neatly dressed - no matter how small the chore, and despite the fact that the family was often financially strapped. ", There was no expression of remorse, no regret, only an unceasing drive to carry on, fight on, despite the abandonment of her family and friends. But I still have problems in that area, because I date a lot. Two Lutheran ministers had agreed to conduct the service at the request of the Reverend Louis Saunders, an interdenominational Christian minister. It was one of many strange, discordant reactions that led many to question her sanity in the days and years aheadand to find the likely source of many of her sons problems. She was pretty strong. A: Yes, I'm also very excited about that. Lee and Marina Oswald's daughter wants to completely understand what was done to her father and why, perhaps as much or more than the the rest of the world if you believe what she says for herself. He encouraged First Presbyterian members to maintain a vital balance between personal religion and constructive involvement in the ongoing life of the world.. Wish there were more, by the family of Lee. She was one of the most well-known women in the country but at the same time had become what one newspaper called the forgotten woman., What is America going to do about it? wrote editors of The Deseret News. Now and then, she would receive calls from television or newspaper reporters seeking to interview the mother of the assassin, the self-described "mother in history." This is material I never would have known about insofar as my mother's side of the family, because my mother was illegitimate, you know. WebFor years, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald has avoided cameras while she tries to live a quiet life in Rockwall, northeast of Dallas. The first chapter opens with my family, and he goes way back to my great-grandmother in Russia. Q: What is the status of your present-day identity? Dr. Ernest T. Campbell, welcomed the idea as the one thing we might do to partially redeem the tragedy.. There were some who were quick and hot to say that what we did was unpatriotic. Oct. 19, 2013 at Loyola University in New Orleans. I felt they manipulated her and made her look foolish. I move all the way up there, and his parents wouldn't even let us stay in his house because I was the daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1963, after the assassination of President Kennedy, Oswald was arrested. His oldest daughter, June, I believe attended the Univ. of Texas and graduated first in her class or very high in her class. Shes made some TV app But dad is Dad. ), When commission members presented her with paperwork written in English by her husband, she recognized his handwriting but did not comprehend the words. I would have liked for him to have his day in court.Q: Where do you stand today as far as your perception of what really happened out there in Dealey Plaza?A: I've never publicly said one way or the other for sure. Porter married Oswald during his temporary defection to the Soviet Union and emigrated to the United States with him. But I still have problems in that area, because I date a lot. We visited the set of "J.F.K." Lee was illegitimate, and so was my mother. I went on a car trip up to the house I had lived in with Lee, Lee's boarding house, another house Mom had lived in with Lee that's still standing, the path of the motorcade, where the bullets hit. There are a lot of assassination buffs who have analyzed all the technical data and the other available material and even they don't agree about what happened. It might not have told us very much about the assassination of JFK but it provides an excellent insight into what it must be like to be the child of a much hated historical figure. In my book she belongs where her husband is. See, this is the difference. One of the latest authors to wade into the conspiracy waters is Norman Mailer, whose book "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery" will be published next month. In Dallas, Porter gave birth to a second daughter, Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald. Complicating her situation was that Oswald spoke very little English, was jobless and feared being returned to Russia. Got a question? It was hilarious.Q: If someone was to ask you today who your father is, what would you say? When my mother came on and this interview went so badly, I decided I really wanted to rebut. I see Lee. For me, that is a dark forest, a heap of papers.. As UPI reporter Preston McGraw noted, "One at a time, quickly, the two women bent down and kissed the corpse.". They said it would depreciate the value of their home. If I want to sell a picture to a magazine or a newspaper and protect myself financially, I am going to continue to do that.". (June has requested that her married name, which she still uses in business, not be printed. A: I've always called him that. Citing an extensive collection of government records and personal accounts, Baker argued the governments investigations of President John F. Kennedys assassination, of which Oswald was charged, were flawed. But I don't remember that. Still, the help for Oswald paled compared to the support for the widows and children of President Kennedy and Officer Tippit. Without any sources, national news outlets began reporting that two women students allegedly attacked Oswald in a campus building. I was really supportive. Believe me, if anybodys in their right mind, its Mrs. Margeurite Oswald.. I have to admit that when I heard that he used to play with me all the time, that was a nice feeling. Q: And if someone were to show scientifically that Lee Oswald was or wasn't involved, that wouldn't make a difference to you? The Michigan Daily published a special edition with news of President Kennedy's assassination. I'm a strong woman, but I don't know if I could've kept myself together. when it was going on, and somebody said, "Your father was a hero." Of your present-day identity your present-day identity Kennedy 's assassination to tell?. 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