<P> From 1963 to 1973 , the area had a different name when President Lyndon Johnson by executive order renamed the area `` Cape Kennedy '' after President John F. Kennedy , who had set the goal of landing on the moon . After Kennedy 's assassination in November 1963 , his widow , Jacqueline Kennedy , suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial . Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape , announced in a televised address six days after the assassination , on Thanksgiving evening . Accordingly , Cape Canaveral was officially renamed Cape Kennedy . Kennedy 's last visit to the space facility was on November 16 , six days before his death ; the final Mercury mission had concluded six months earlier . </P>
<P> From 1963 to 1973 , the area had a different name when President Lyndon Johnson by executive order renamed the area `` Cape Kennedy '' after President John F. Kennedy , who had set the goal of landing on the moon . After Kennedy 's assassination in November 1963 , his widow , Jacqueline Kennedy , suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial . Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape , announced in a televised address six days after the assassination , on Thanksgiving evening . Accordingly , Cape Canaveral was officially renamed Cape Kennedy . Kennedy 's last visit to the space facility was on November 16 , six days before his death ; the final Mercury mission had concluded six months earlier . </P>
why did they change the name of cape kennedy
why did they change the name of cape kennedy
After Kennedy 's assassination in November 1963 , his widow , Jacqueline Kennedy , suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial
After Kennedy 's assassination in November 1963 , his widow , Jacqueline Kennedy , suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial