8 letters were sent to Lee Oswald ' after Jacqueline Kennedy 's assassination . New book highlights 1.5 million letters ; people 's grief transcended racial , economic , political lines . A month after the president was shot in Dallas , Texas , on Nov. 22 , 1963 , Jacqueline Kennedy acknowledged the letters . Boy , 1.5 million , wrote : `` I am very sorry your husband got shot ... hard to forgive Lee Oswald '
8 letters were sent to Lee Oswald ' after Jacqueline Kennedy 's assassination . New book highlights 1.5 million letters ; people 's grief transcended racial , economic , political lines . Boy , 1.5 million , wrote : `` I am very sorry your husband got shot ... hard to forgive Lee Oswald '