Assassination of John F. Kennedy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Political impact and memorialization=== [[File:US Half Dollar Obverse 2015.png|thumb|upright=.8|alt=A 2015 Kennedy half dollar|Congress authorized the minting of a new 50-cent piece, the [[Kennedy half dollar]], in December 1963.<ref name="mint"/>]] On November 27—five days after the assassination—President Johnson delivered his "[[Let Us Continue]]" speech to Congress.<ref>[[#Witherspoon|Witherspoon (1987)]], pp. 531—532.</ref> Effectively an [[United States presidential inauguration|inaugural address]],<ref>[[#Witherspoon|Witherspoon (1987)]], p. 536.</ref> Johnson called for the realization of Kennedy's policies, particularly on [[Civil rights movement|civil rights]]; this effort soon materialized as the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref>[[#Witherspoon|Witherspoon (1987)]], pp. 536—538.</ref> Confusion surrounding Johnson's succession led to the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S Constitution]], which was adopted in 1967 and affirmed that the vice president became president upon the president's death.<ref>[[#Bomboy|Bomboy (2022)]]</ref> On November 29, President Johnson issued Executive Order 11129, renaming Florida's [[Cape Canaveral]]—a name borne since at least 1530—to Cape Kennedy.<ref>[[#Fantova|Fantova (1964)]], pp. 57–58, 62.</ref>{{efn|group=note|In 1973, due to Floridians' discontent with the change, Florida Governor [[Reubin Askew]] mandated that Cape Kennedy be referred to as Cape Canaveral on all state documents and maps. The [[U.S. Board of Geographic Names]] accepted the name change later that year.<ref>[[#Canaveral|"History of Cape Canaveral" ''Spaceline''.]]</ref>}} NASA's Launch Operations Center, located on the cape, was also renamed as the [[Kennedy Space Center]].<ref>[[#NASA|"History of John F. Kennedy Space Center". NASA.]]</ref> The federal government honored Kennedy in other ways, such as replacing the [[Franklin half dollar|Benjamin Franklin half dollar]] with the [[Kennedy half dollar]],<ref name="mint">[[#NASA|"Minting a Legacy: The History of the Kennedy Half Dollar". NPS.]]</ref> and renaming Washington, D.C.'s long-planned National Culture Center as the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref>[[#Robertson|Robertson (1971)]]</ref> New York City's airport was also renamed as the [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]].<ref>[[#nyc|"JFK International Marks Major Milestones in 2013 as 50th Anniversary of Airport Renaming Approaches". Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.]]</ref> Kennedy's assassination also resulted in an overhaul of the Secret Service and its procedures. Open limousines were eliminated, staffing was significantly increased, and specialized teams like counter-sniper units were established. The agency's budget has also increased, from $5.5 million in 1963 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|5.5|1963|2013|fmt=|r=0}} million in 2013) to over $1.6 billion by the 50th anniversary in 2013.<ref>[[#Naylor|Naylor (2013)]]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page