Some may argue that newspapers are on their way out, but there is no question about the power they hold in allowing us to remember and relive a day in history.
Newspapers provide us with a frozen image of the past-- a snapshot from our memory. They, more than anything else, have the ability to capture a moment in time and preserve that day for generations to come.
In the days after President John F. Kennedy was killed, newspapers did just that:
The New Mexican:
The Daily Mirror:
Rocky Mountain News:
The New York Times:
The Tulsa Tribune:
The Dallas Times Herald:
The New York Herald Tribune:
Chattanooga News-Free Press:
The Montana Standard:
The Dallas Morning News:
The Guardian:
The Albuquerque Journal:
The Ledgar-Star:
The Boston Herald:
Austin-American Statesman:
The Press-Courier:
Record American:
The Virginian Pilot:
The Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Defiance Ohio Crescent-News:
The Boston Traveler:
The New York Journal American:
The State Journal:
Evening Outlook:
Oakland Tribune:
The Arizona Republic:
The Los Angeles Times:
The Wichita Eagle:
New Hampshire Manchester Union Leader:
The Herald Examiner:
The Denver Post (Nov. 26, 1963):