John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was a congressman from Massachusetts and the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was assassinated during a November 22, 1963, visit to Dallas, Texas. The 1954 letter from then Senator Kennedy, the 1967 First Day Cover (FDC) and a piece of the catafalque from his coffin are grouped together as relics of Kennedy and his tragic death. A catafalque is the raised platform and fabric covering that is used to hold the coffin during a memorial service. The FDC has Cardinal Richard Cushing’s signature and some sand from President Kennedy’s grave.