The nice thing about not having to be anywhere is that you can change your plans at the drop of a cowboy hat. Over Christmas my sister, Leeann, described a tour she had taken of the Texas School Book Depository, now called The 6th Floor Museum. It sounded so interesting that we decided on the spur of the moment to turn north to Dallas. Hey, it was only 300 miles, that's "just down the street" in Texas.
The self guided audio tour takes place entirely on the 6th floor. Old photographs and video footage walk you through the Kennedy years leading up to November 22, 1963.
The climax of the tour is a sniper's view from the 6th floor window, (no inside pictures allowed) with boxes of books set up exactly as they had been when Oswald shot Kennedy... or did he....
Take a trip outside down Elm street, where an "X" marks the point of assassination, to the "grassy knoll". You'll still find conspiracy theorist ready to preach to anyone who will listen. Most are selling something. Here Donna is listening to a man who said he was a business partner of Zapruder (of Zapruder film fame), selling secret congressional findings that are not supposed to be released until 2035...oops looks like the cat is out of the bag.
My favorite was a man who claims to have been 18 feet away from Kennedy when he was assassinated. Here, he is pointing to a picture of himself at 13 years of age, in the crowd, as shots rang out.
He states that he saw the deadly shots come from behind this fence on the grassy knoll.
What I found interesting, is that he was the only one not asking for money.
This was one of the best tours that we have seen on our trip, well worth the detour.
5 comments:
Are you on your way to see Area 57 next? You seem to be heading that way.
You guys have all the fun. Take care, you are coming west to the rain & wind ! I think aliens only travel in good weather, you should be ok
Did you mean Heinz 57 or Area 51. Yes, we are on the way to Roswell. How can you be so close and not go?????
MIKE BROWN is the man pointing to himself in AP photographer, JAMES ALTGENS, fifth Dealey Plaza photo (captured just seconds before the JFK limo tuned onto Elm Street).
MIKE has stated for years that he and some of his Loved Ones were standing at the southeast corner of Houston and Elm Streets (only about 90' southeast of the warrenatti, supposed, "lone nut" "sniper lair") when the attack occured.
For many years MIKE has also been helping the man who shares research information and sells his books and videos, ROBERT GRODEN, near the "grassy knoll" in Dealey Plaza.
GRODEN is a dedicated first generation JFK assassination researcher who obtained access to a copy of the ZAPRUDER film in the early 1970's, secretly copied the film, studied it for years privately, then, GRODEN, along with DICK RUSSELL, were the first persons to mass publicly show the ZAPRUDER film in motion to its first national TV audience in March of 1975 on the GERALDO RIVERA hosted late night show, "Goodnight America."
GRODEN was also a photographic evidence panel member of the 1976-79 "House Select Committee on Assassinations" U.S. government JFK assassination investigation which concluded that,
"President Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy."
....HSCA report and supporting volumes available here.... http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Embassy/7088/hsc.htm
Dealey Plaza Professionally Surveyed Map Detailing 11-22-63 Precise Victims Locations, Witnesses & Photographers, Suspected Bullet Trajectories, Evidence, and References & Vital Information Collected in One Convenient Location for Your Considerations.....
http://members.aol.com/droberdeau/JFK/DP.jpg
Discovery: The Rosemary Willis Zapruder film Documented 2nd Headsnap: West, Ultrafast, & Directly Towards the Grassy Knoll .....
http://members.aol.com/droberdeau/JFK/ROSEwillisANNOUNCEMENT.html
President Kennedy "Men of Courage: Four Principles" speech, JFK assassination research links, and my witnesses interviews, contributions, and my discoveries for your considerations.....
http://hometown.aol.com/droberdeau/
thanks for the additional details. We don't usually get this much response from our regular viewers (friends and family following our trip). I would love to know how you stumbled our our little blog.
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So what do you think Todd? My buddy Kirk took me down there when I was in Dallas on business a couple of years ago. Having seen the angles, I absolutely can't believe that a man with, I believe it was a single action rifle, could hit a cow down there, let alone a man in a moving vehicle. Call me nuts, but once you've seen it all, it defies logic.
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