Presidential assassination attempts

Cabinet members and others attend the funeral services for Private Leslie Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Pictured: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (third from left); Mrs. Ann Chapman (sixth from left); and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seventh from left). All others unidentified.

Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Private Leslie Coffelt during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (far right of coffin); Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right of coffin). All others unidentified.

The cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of Private Leslie Coffelt during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (front, right) and other unidentified United States military personnel at VII Corps Headquarters, Germany mourn the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1. President Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman are near the center, walking along the far side of the walkway. All others are unidentified.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1. All are unidentified.

Soldiers walking in the funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1.

The cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, during funeral services for Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1.