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Dallas Remembers: The 60th Anniversary November 22, 2023 All the photos on this page were taken on Wednesday, November 22, 2023--the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (a cool, but bright, sunny day)--at Dallas' Dealey Plaza, where there was no official ceremony conducted by the City of Dallas, but simply a gathering of hundreds, perhaps thousands of people from Dallas and around the world, who came to that spot either to learn about the assassination, to publicly espouse one of the many conspiracy theories that are widely-believed despite the conclusion of the Warren Commission that Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin, acted alone, or simply to recall and reflect on a painful national trauma that those of us who were alive on that day will never forget. What's truly remarkable is that apart from the addition of some memorial and markers, the reconstruction of the county courthouse clock and bell tower, and the removal of the Hertz Rent-a-Car sign from atop the old Texas School Book Depository Building (which now houses the Sixth Floor Museum), Dealey Plaza has changed very little in sixty years, which is why the actual location has been used in several movies that include a recreation of the assassination. |
View from the northeast corner of Houston and Elm streets, looking down toward the Triple Underpass.
Flags at half-mast.
Lamppost banners made specially for the 60th anniversary.
A crowd gathers on the Grassy Knoll to hear conspiracy theorists espouse their views.
Flags, flowers, a cross, and a photo of JFK decorate the historic landmark marker.
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Crowd on the Grassy Knoll, with old School Book Depository visible in background.
Local historians Steven Butler, author of You Can't Say Dallas Doesn't Love You Mr. President
and Tim Cloward, author of The City That Killed the President.
View of Dealey Plaza from railroad bridge atop the Triple Underpass.
Close-up of the crowd on the Grassy Knoll, as seen from railroad bridge atop the Triple Underpass.
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Looking up Elm Street. "X" marks spot where first bullet hit the President.
View of Dealey Plaza from near the spot where Abraham Zapruder made his home movie of the assassination as it happened.
Black and White Kennedy Assassination photos above are from a commercial clip art CD. The photo of President Kennedy at a White House Press Conference is from the Kennedy Library Web Site and is believed to be in the public domain.
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