CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin re-dedicated a pair of plaques in the lower rotunda of the state capitol Thursday remembering the life of slain President John F. Kennedy.
Friday marks 50 years since the Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of Kennedy while he rode in a Dallas motorcade.
Kennedy was a favorite in West Virginia after having spent several days in the Mountain State during the 1960 campaign.
President Kennedy also spoke at the state’s centennial celebration on June 20, 1963, five months before his death. It was a rainy day and Kennedy famously said, “The sun doesn’t always shine in West Virginia but the people always do.”