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Cathy Wurzer
ST. PAUL, Minn.

Minnesota on the day JFK died

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At 12:30 p.m. this afternoon in Dallas, Texas, there will be a moment of silence to mark the exact moment when 50 years ago President Kennedy was shot as his motorcade drove past Dealey Plaza. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with professor Annette Atkins who teaches history at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University about how Minnesotans reacted to the news.