Dallas Assassination Sites

Above, Elm Street in Dealey Plaza in 1984.

As this month marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the city of Dallas is expected to be deluged with visitors.

There are several historical sites to see in Dallas and Japan Today has an article on most of them.

They start with:

DALLAS —A 1930s-era movie theater. A county hospital. An old brick rooming house. A bustling airport. 

Sites associated with the assassination of President John F Kennedy on Nov 22, 1963 are scattered throughout Dallas and beyond. 

“These were just ordinary places — an airport, a hospital, a movie theater, a house, city streets — that were all of a sudden, literally in a blink of an eye, catapulted into this national spotlight,” said Mark Doty, historic preservation officer for the city. 

As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the murder, the places connected to Kennedy’s final hours — and to his killer, Lee Harvey Oswald — still resonate.

Back in 1984, I was on the California Reagan Delegation to the Republican National Convention in Dallas. While there, I did take a tour of Dealey Plaza. The 6th Floor Museum at the former Texas School Book Depository was being planned at the time and not yet opened.

To read the full article, go here.