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ItemImageOriginally a school textbook depository, this building was the site from which Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots killing President John F. Kennedy, Jr. on November 22, 1963. Though intensive investigations decided that Oswald acted alone, many conspiracy theorists disagree, and continue to assert the involvement of shooters from a nearby "grassy knoll." The first five floors of this building are used as office space, but the sixth and seventh floors are open to the public as a museum dedicated to the assassination.

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irishgit (160)
05/27/2008
Well worth seeing, and for someone of my generation, a little eerie. Looking out the windows onto the parade route, its hard not to be unsettled.

Dealy Plaza itself made me feel like I was walking through a killing zone. The landmarks and the images are so familiar, I found myself constantly looking up at the surrounding buildings, calculating angles of fire, wondering....

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cyqing (0)
11/10/2007
Great for JFK Conspiracy buffs!!!

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lincolnsandcadillacs (4)
05/24/2005
Top tourist attraction is Dallas. Lots of exhibits and information about JFK. You'll see stuff that you won't see elsewhere. On demo is a representation of cameras and pictures from the cameras that were taken by tourist and professionals during that horrible event. An eerie feeling looking at the spot where Oswalt fired the shots. The corner where Oswalt is at is actually enclosed in a plexiglass. The original window was taken out for display and preservation. No photography is allowed inside the museum. The seventh or top floor is an art gallery. The grassy knoll is well preserved also.

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Solenoid DH (20)
09/27/2004
I've wanted to visit for years, and finally got to go there with my son just yesterday (7/5/04). It was incredible! The Kennedy assassination is one of the most jarring memories of my childhood and I've always wanted to get inside that building. It was hard to leave. Since we were in town, we also explored around until we found the area where Officer Tippit was killed, the Texas theatre where Oswald was captured, and 2 places where Oswald had lived: on Beckley and on Neely. There are warnings on the internet about avoiding the Neely house because it's in a dangerous neighborhood and people don't like trespassers there. But I didn't realize that until I saw it while surfing the internet just this morning. I'm not surprised though....my son and I were leaning over the fence taking pictures of the outside stairway (visible in one of the pictures Marina took of him with his rifle), and someone nearby either fired a pistol in the air or shot off a firecracker to scare us away. We jumped back into the car and left as fast as we could, but we got some great pictures anyway. If I can throw in one more commercial for Gerald Posner's book, Case Closed, reading that book will make a visit to Dealey Plaza that much better. Don't fall for all the conspiracy nonsense. Historical truth is much more fascinating than fiction.

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Racin28 (0)
01/21/2002
One of the most awe inspiring places that I have ever visited. I managed to follow the route of the motorcade, up Main Stree, onto Houston and standing directly in front of me was the Texas School Book Depository and the Sixth Floor Window and a right on Elm Street. Standing on the grassy knoll where Abraham Zapruder shot his historic 8mm film. The Sixth Floor, the Grassy Knoll, The Triple Underpass and Dealey Plaza are historic site that everyone should visit.

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CastleBee (92)
07/17/2001
Back in 1963, when I was 8 years old, I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams that I’d someday stand in almost the exact spot and peer out the same window where Lee Harvey Oswald fired his gun. Nor would I have thought I would actually stand on the grassy knoll where onlookers watched the hideous scene as JFK so cruelly lost his life. More than awe inspiring, the experience of the Sixth Floor Museum was actually one of the most surreal experiences of my life. I also left completely convinced that in no way shape or form was Oswald the only gunman on the Plaza that November day. I saw the distance, the angle, stood on that huge storm drain that was mentioned in one of the more recent conspiracy documentaries as being so large it would have served well as a well-hidden makeshift bunker. It definitely would have worked as they said and most likely did; it was, after all, much closer and the angle would have matched the shots. The massive Kennedy ambition coupled with their not always too wholesome associations most likely created a backlash that the Warren Commission was either too stupid or too scared to see. We may never know the whole truth. But, if you visit this museum, you will see it has its own story to tell.

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thor485om (0)
01/14/2000
Visiting the Sixth Floor Museum and Dealy Plaza is an amazing experience. There are always lots of people wandering around. The solemnity and curiosity in the air is tangible. The museum is a great place to learn about JFK and the 60's.

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smer2926om (0)
12/10/1999
A sensitively done and extremely interesting collection of information about the Kennedy years and assassination. Well worth a visit.

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