Q: Did you ever take the so-called assassination tour? Porter is 81 years old. Before the year came to a close, the churchs leaders would invite Oswald to Ann Arbor and offer to host her while she studied at U-M. It's right across from the Capitol, and she was a waitress. Since I hadn't gotten a response, I toyed with the idea that I might have to go public. I hung up the phone shaking my head at Marguerite Oswald's dizzying logic. People sent us money following the assassination, because Mom was young with two small children and didn't speak the language. By the end of the year, however, she was ready to travel from Texas to become a student. Rachel believes her father was involved in the. During college, Rachel supported herself at the Texas Chili Parlor in Austin. Saunders, who came as an observer, was asked by Marguerite to officiate. I'm sure he will respond. WebLee Harvey Oswalds youngest daughter, Rachel, was only one month old in 1963 when her father allegedly killed President Kennedy, and was shot to death himself. And you know, it's not Lee's fault he got killed by Jack Ruby. Lee and Marina Oswald's daughter wants to completely understand what was done to her father and why, perhaps as much or more than the the rest of the world if you believe what she says for herself. She wished to face reality, not dodge it, the church reported in its newsletter. We always had this really bad connection, and when you'd pick up the phone you'd hear that other click. Mostly I feel bad that Lee was never able to tell his story. I don't know if I could've done it and kept my sanity: two small children, don't speak the language, dirt poor, everybody in the country pointing their finger at you -- hating you in some cases. So l never connected it as a big negative or anything. Oh great!" I do remember that our phones were tapped. Are they going to take after some ancestor we don't even know? Her coldness struck me. ", on Interview with Lee Harvey Oswalds Daughter She Believes in his Innocence, Interview with Lee Harvey Oswalds Daughter She Believes in his Innocence. Marina Oswald remarried, had a son, and continues to live in Texas. Her two daughters fathered by Lee Oswald grew up to be attractive ladies and ar Its the first time weve seen pictures of her in about 20 years. This was before wiretapping got more sophisticated. For me, that is a dark forest, a heap of papers.. This was adapted from The Gunman and His Mother: Lee Harvey Oswald, Marguerite Oswald, and The Making of an Assassin by Steven Beschloss. Nope. In one test (conducted by CBS News), 13 people were able to duplicate his shots. Four of those people had never fired the Mannlicher Carbiner I move all the way up there, and his parents wouldn't even let us stay in his house because I was the daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. By found it I meant that I was looking back through the forum pages and this was posted first in 2004 so I decided to bring it back up to peoples attention. Anyone can read what you share. But anonymity exacted a curious price of its own, as June faced myriad graceless references to her father, mother and family. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Robert Edward Lee Oswald and Marguerite She mentioned that newspapers have never covered her story. And they got my mother on television in a live interview - she still doesn't have a good grasp of the language - and they were asking her specific questions about this book. She was pretty strong. (1963 - 2013) Photos: 50. (Other than Russian, I dont know any other language, she testified. The first car was The National Enquirer. It was always a big deal in November, when it was very stressful in the house. "She has a mania: money, money, money," Marina told the Warren Commission several months later. June is quieter about her own marriage, which ended in 1992. I'm convinced that your mother and Priscilla had a sexual relationship." I felt they manipulated her and made her look foolish. In the spring of 1961, Lee Oswald met Marina Prusakova at a dance in Minsk, Belarus. These rarely-seen pictures of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, autopsy, and funeral reveal the full story of the shooting that shook the nation in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. A: The first time l saw it l was very upset, but it gets to the point where it almost becomes unreal, this movie you're watching that has very little to do with you as a person. "It is my own opinion that she is out right now to make as much money as she can on her relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald," he told the Warren Commission. Tags: Assassination, Conspiracy, JFK, Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marina Oswald, Television, L.D.C. She believes that her phones are tapped by the Secret Service and the Secret Service wants to kill her. I went on a car trip up to the house I had lived in with Lee, Lee's boarding house, another house Mom had lived in with Lee that's still standing, the path of the motorcade, where the bullets hit. I had a conversation like that with her in about 88. So she became a sort of tourist attraction. She remains protective of her privacy, distancing herself and her sons, ages 6 and 3, from the overall clique of assassination cultists who have dogged the Oswald women - Marina, now 53, June, and Rachel, 31 - ever since the events of Nov. 22, 1963. Upon entering public school, June took the surname of her stepfather, Kenneth Porter, who married Marina in 1965. I can't imagine the burden they've carried over the years, but I hope they have found some peace in their lives. Q: Do you worry about telling your children as they grow up?A: I do. Anyway, the only person I knew up there was Priscilla Johnson McMillan, who wrote my mother's book. At the time of the assassination, she and other First Presbyterian members were starting their second year with Ernest Campbell as their minister. I started worrying about, first of all, do I have a responsibility to tell them? I started worrying about, first of all, do I have a responsibility to tell them? She came to New Orleans to give the discussion and promote her book, Me and Lee: How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald. Audience members received a book with their ticket purchase, and Baker signed copies throughout the day. I know you were just a toddler, but do you have any recollections of turbulence in the household? Believe me, if anybodys in their right mind, its Mrs. Margeurite Oswald.. The public was prohibited from Rose Hill Cemetery, and no friends or other relatives showed up. I read this intvu again and if there are two people I'd love to talk to, it's Rachel and June. The assassination has also been a constant in the life of June Oswald Porter, the 33-year-old daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald. It was a statement she memorialized by etching it in copper. Even an intended compliment could hold hidden barbs - as when a male co-worker remarked on June's resemblance to "a young Marina Oswald," then immediately apologized, saying he "didn't mean to insult her" by invoking the infamous name. Since I hadn't gotten a response, I toyed with the idea that I might have to go public. He was 99. Almost immediately, she began receiving offers of help money, clothing, food, housing from around the country. A: I think there definitely is circumstantial evidence that could imply he had something to do with it because of the characters he was hanging out with in New Orleans. Oswalds wife Marina, two daughters, brother Robert and mother Marguerite were the only mourners. "Having seen Marguerite Oswald's son murdered before my eyes, I dreaded intruding upon his mother's grief," Huffaker wrote. But see, I'm matter-of-fact about a lot in my life. "I do not think that she is a very sound thinking woman, and I think that part of the guilt is hers," she told the Warren Commission. Rachel loved listening to that. Porter married Oswald during his temporary defection to the Soviet Union and emigrated to the United States with him. For years, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald has avoided cameras while she tries to live a quiet life in Rockwall, northeast of Dallas. But earlier th Marina Oswald with children June and Rachel. She had been in the United States all of 17 months. I don't think that's true. Without any sources, national news outlets began reporting that two women students allegedly attacked Oswald in a campus building. A: Yes. Priscilla was a CIA asset, IMHO, as was June Cobb in Cuba. He tracked me down. The way I finally woke up was, one night he said, "I'm gonna sell an article to Penthouse or Playboy" -- I forget which -- "and it's about your mother. One of the latest authors to wade into the conspiracy waters is Norman Mailer, whose book "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery" will be published next month. It's not a matter of being ashamed, it's a matter of wanting to be judged as June Oswald and not "the daughter of Lee Harvey Oswald.". He tracked me down. Oswald was among 30 students in her English Language Institute course. When money ran low, she sold a letter or document connected to Oswald or an article of his clothing. She hadn't read it. They had no idea their church had offered to host her, to the point of leaders offering to pay for her transportation, housing and coursework out of their own pockets. WebMarina Nikolayevna Oswald had two daughters, a 21-month-old toddler and an infant born just five weeks before the assassination. Great!" In the surreal days that followed the 1963 assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as the nation absorbed the dual horror of the presidents murder and the subsequent and very public killing of his alleged assassin, a churchgoer in Ann Arbor looked for a bright spot. I would have liked for him to have his day in court. I'm convinced that your mother and Priscilla had a sexual relationship." These women were left with a horrible legacy and have no doubt tried to separate their father from his legend- father as Lone Nut, a disgrace or Government worker and valiant spy, patsy? Because Marina Oswald realized that she and her children could become the focus of attention at any time, she made sure June and Rachel were always neatly dressed -- no matter how small the chore, and despite the fact that the family was often financially strapped. And they say: "Oh, we can take pictures? Together, they had a son Mark Porter. A: I would make a difference in the sense of justice being served. 1.65 m). Because some people have called me and said, "I knew your father and he really loved you." And she's just welcoming them with open arms. But you know, just because you're hanging out with a weird group - they could have set him up, and he could have had no idea what was going on that day. So this little boy she was going with, his parents were going to come get her and they were going to go to the dance. So I ended up supporting him. We are very close -- except when these kinds of things come up. A: Part of it was the big anniversary, the 30th. So if I'm able to be detached or seem cold and unemotional about it, it's because I look at Lee in those terms.Q: I assume you've seen the footage of Lee being shot by Jack Ruby. Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald - Everything You Wanted To Know About Lee Harvey Oswald's Daughter - Ned Hardy Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald was born on Why have you started to speak out? And I realize that I'm kind of cold about it, so how do I tell them? I do blame him for having beat my mother, and not being a good father -- or a good provider. My secretary in my last job put two and two together based on one of those articles. For all I know it's still tapped. I think she is a phony in the whole deal. He tried to after the arrest but everybody discounted it. The Michigan Daily published a special edition with news of President Kennedy's assassination. I don't think that's true. It's a little bit like opening a family album you didn't know existed before. I believe he's the first writer-researcher to get interviews with sources in the Russian Government and so this is an opportunity to shed new light on the subject from an area that has never been explored in any meaningful depth. Earlier in the week, Baker toured sites in New Orleans significant to her relationship with Oswald, such as the former offices of Reily Coffee Company and Oswald and Bakers rendezvous locations. (June has requested that her married name, which she still uses in business, not be printed. Several years later, Ernest Campbell reflected on the episode initiated by one of his congregants. Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy. The next memory I actually have is in second grade. I didn't break down and cry or anything. She sat us down, with my stepbrother, and started to explain who our father was -- that it wasn't Kenneth -- and who Lee was and what he had done. I just remember crying a lot because Mom was crying. WebDespite the fact that the later Warren Commission declared that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin of President Kennedy, and he acted alone, many conspiracies about the assassination abound to the present day. Cookie Policy Judith Baker, author of "Me and Lee - How I came to know, love, and lose Lee Harvey Oswald," presents an article at a symposium on Sat. Q: Do you and Rachel argue much about this? Twenty-eight years later, she granted this TV interview. Reporters came over and she would tell us, "shhhh, go in the other room". I try to hold that in the back of my head. "I have nothing and I survive. Mailer is such a great writer; I was just so enthralled. Q: What are your thoughts on Norman Mailer's new book?A: I don't have a comment on it as far as its conclusions because I haven't read them, but I did start the book. I've wondered what my kids are going to turn out like. I know some who wouldnt hesitate to try to make a mental case out of me, she told interviewer Jean Stafford. Baker, who said she was a trained nurse, referred to the plot as a cancer research project. She implored the audience to question accepted knowledge about the assassination. It made no mention of his brothers infamous place in history. This is material I never would have known about insofar as my mother's side of the family, because my mother was illegitimate, you know. Marina Oswald spent hours before the Warren Commission in early 1964. Mom accused me one day of being ashamed of who I was. He wasn't much of a husband, he wasn't much of a father. I didn't break down and cry or anything. There's always been this little group that's followed us -- Mom, Rachel and me -- and calls us and is fascinated by anything surrounding us. But in the shadow of this grim but stirring processionon that same MondayLee Harvey Oswald was quietly buried in Fort Worth, Texas. And they got my mother on television in a live interview -- she still doesn't have a good grasp of the language -- and they were asking her specific questions about this book. I've wondered what my kids are going to turn out like. Q: I guess you must be encouraged that the review board was finally sworn in last year. The way I finally woke up was, one night he said, "I'm gonna sell an article to Penthouse or Playboy"- I forget which - "and it's about your mother. So I ended up supporting him. The widow of Lee Harvey Oswald was telling me her reaction to reading an account of her husbands funeral, written by her late, long-estranged mother-in-law. But she did. Several days after the funeral, Texas radio and TV reporter Bob Huffaker arranged a phone interview with her. Q: To what extent have you followed the various conspiracy theories? Lee Harvey Oswald in custody on Nov. 22, 1963. Just out of the blue. ), When commission members presented her with paperwork written in English by her husband, she recognized his handwriting but did not comprehend the words. Judyth Vary Baker, the lover of Lee Harvey Oswald, gave her perspective on the medias treatment of Oswald since his death to a group of professors and community members at Loyola University on Saturday in New Orleans. Another car pulls up -- and that's the parents and the little boy. Q: Give me an example of what you'd consider harassment, A: When I was pregnant with my first, some lady got my phone number and called in the middle of the night. Do I need to be more compassionate about it? I also had an interview for Rachel Oswald, but haven't located it. Outside of class, students visited museums, zoos and sporting events while practicing their English. Privacy Statement They said it would depreciate the value of their home. We always had this really bad connection, and when you'd pick up the phone you'd hear that other click. 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Suddenly a widow at age 22, with two young children to raise, Marina Oswald seemed overwhelmed by the media maelstrom enveloping her. One would think they would be more anxious to try to, clear his name. She had been in the United States all of 17 months. they went on with their lives as the girls hardly knew their father and are not bothered by others Given everything above, you'd probably expect his return to be announced by dozens of men in dark glasses bundling him out the airport and into a mobile interrogation chamber. A: No. You have permission to edit this article. Porter has said that she came to believe that her husband Lee Harvey Oswald was innocent. But see, I'm matter-of-fact about a lot in my life. And then, they tell a story about how after that I stood up in front of the whole class and said, "My father shot the President." So he moved to Boston and wanted me to join him. Q: Did you see the "Seinfeld" episode in which they're at the ballpark, and they get spat upon, and-. Or are we going to provide help simply because here is a human being in trouble who desperately needs help?. Please tell a good story, she told reporters. It sounds as if most people are not aware you're Lee Oswald's daughter.A: Yes and no. She no longer had reason to doubt her grandiose visions, her place in history. I know you were just a toddler, but do you have any recollections of turbulence in the household?A: I don't have any real memories of those ages. Rachel felt differently. He shared what it was like for First Presbyterian to have been in the spotlight helping Oswald and of the letters that arrived on his desk. Six weeks I went on a car trip up to the house I had lived in with Lee, Lee's boarding house, another house Mom had lived in with Lee that's still standing, the path of the motorcade, where the bullets hit.Q: How did you feel about that?A: It was -- unusual. 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