As my dad said today, this was a "bucket list" event for him: going to Dealy Plaza and visiting the location of President Kennedy's assassination. My dad has been fascinated with the assassination ever since I can remember and the experience of being there surpassed both our expectations.
The Texas School Book Depository -- where Oswald fired his shots from -- has been turned into the Sixth Floor Museum. We were prohibited from taking photos from the sixth floor (where Oswald shot), but were free to, pardon the expression, shoot as much as we want on the floor above, where you get a unique perspective on the event.
As you will soon see, we also spent a bit of time doing photo shoots on the famed grassy knoll where, I'm more convinced than ever, another gunman took shots at JFK.
Oh, and that whole thing about not being allowed to take photos on the 6th Floor? My dad took a video anyway. As he put it, he was the Lone Cameraman. Thankfully, we were not kicked out.
The President's motorcade turned down this street and headed straight toward this window:
Before taking a right onto Elm street and traveling in the same direction of these cars. This is when Oswald shot (the trees were not as big then):
The grassy knoll:
A great photo ruined by the fact he's staring into the sky:
Oswald shot from the top right corner of the building (one floor down). Around where I'm standing is where the shots hit the President. It actually looks a lot closer in person:
The view from behind the fence of the knoll:
This is what another gunman would have seen:
I'm convinced... It had to be those two lookers on the grassy knoll. This was all about Sansabelt slacks.
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