The Sixth Floor Museum, Dallax Tx
Charter a school bus for a class trip to this interesting museum. Located in the former Texas School Book Depository, now the Dallas County Administration building, the Sixth Floor is Dallas' "official" John F. Kennedy museum. The nonprofit, self-supporting facility is dedicated to "the life, times, death and legacy of JFK", not just the assassination. Exhibits convey the tenor of early '60s America, the terrible grief that engulfed a nation and some of the confusion that plagued investigations in the case.
The physical highlight is the sniper's nest, recreated with stacks of vintage cardboard boxes and walled off by Plexiglas. Many visitors are surprised at how "small" Dealey Plaza seems and the relatively short distance to the traffic below. Dress manufacturer Abraham Zapruder's camera is here. But you won't see his entire assassination film sequence, the most famous 8mm footage ever made. The graphic fatal gunshot has been kept out of photos and video in this family-oriented museum. Small reminders still illuminate the experience. Nellie Connally's comment just before the gunfire: "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you." And LBJ's statement, later in life, that he never believed Oswald acted alone.
The physical highlight is the sniper's nest, recreated with stacks of vintage cardboard boxes and walled off by Plexiglas. Many visitors are surprised at how "small" Dealey Plaza seems and the relatively short distance to the traffic below. Dress manufacturer Abraham Zapruder's camera is here. But you won't see his entire assassination film sequence, the most famous 8mm footage ever made. The graphic fatal gunshot has been kept out of photos and video in this family-oriented museum. Small reminders still illuminate the experience. Nellie Connally's comment just before the gunfire: "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you." And LBJ's statement, later in life, that he never believed Oswald acted alone.
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