Dealey Plaza — Attraction in Dallas

Like so many Americans, I can remember the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I was 11 years old and recall being sent home from school when the news broke. During the next 60 years I watched every documentary or movie about the assassination. I read the Warren report. My wife and took the exit off the interstate in Dallas to Dealey Plaza on a bright blue Monday morning. Parking was easy and close. Nothing ever had made sense to me until the moment I stood on the grassy knoll myself. It seemed like I had been there before, but I hadn't. I looked up at the Texas School Book Depository ... the sixth floor window where Oswald allegedy fired his shots. I imagine seeing the presidential limo make the fateful turn off of Houston Street on to Elm Street. On Elm Street I see the Krylon spray painted X's denoting the spot the president was shot. Young boys were skateboarding over the spot. Somehow, I expected more reverance, more respect, and more answers. I just had more questions.The grassy knoll had a plaque where Zapruder shot his home movie. It was a Monday and the museum was closed. The area was empty of tourists. There was a an older man in a wheel chair near the corner of Elm Street who had been there as a young boy on November 22, 1963. He has dedicated his entire life researching and writing about his findings. He provided documentation about that day I had never heard of. Will we ever know? I 'm not sure, but my experience that day,walking the presidential route, provided closure. The area was clean and well maintained. Nothing had changed from 1963 except that the trees had grown taller. Many great food selections...

Really interesting to be at the location in person. Did not do the museum tour but walked all around the site. Met several conspiracy theorists who provided very interesting information. In fact, one gentleman walked me to several locations around the site and pointed out what he indicated were missed shots on the concrete, sidewalk and curb. Also pointed out the area behind the "grassy knoll" where a wood picket fence is located and marked at certain locations of the pickets with red paint, purportedly where 2 other gunman were located and fired on JFK. In all the guy reported & alleged that there were a total of 9 shots fired by no less than 4 shooters. Claimed 2 shooters were at the fence behind the grassy knoll, 1 in the sewer next to the location of the fatal shot in addition to Oswald. Not sure if i believe that, but interesting conspiracy theory nonetheless. Stood on the exact location/site where Abraham Zapruder filmed the assassination of JFK. The X in the street noting the location of the fatal shot is pretty eerie. Also the box in the window of the 6th floor of the school book depository which shows where Lee Harvey Oswald fired his rifle from is moving, especially when viewed from the street. What I found most interesting of all is how much the site seems to not havechanged since 1963. If you've seen the archived footage over the many years of various documentaries, it really looks like you would imagine if you have...

It's been 60 years since John Kennedy was assassinated at Dealy Plaza in Dallas,Texas. That place, to this day, is still a crime scene. I have long been a student of that day and the events and circumstances that led up to that horrific murder, as well as the cover up that continues and has been perpetuated by every administration since November 22, 1963. I was fortunate to take a trip to Dallas to visit that historic plaza where a cabal of cold blooded, murderous, war mongering conspirators followed through on a plot that changed the course of history. During my Sophomore year at Cumberland University I had to write a research paper on the assassination. Many of my citations and references were from a man named Robert Groden. The Case for Conspiracy and High Treason were the two books that really got me hooked. Anyway, while standing on the "grassy knoll" I saw several people standing around a folding table and an old man sitting with his books. It was Bob Groden. I had no idea he would be there. I can't tell you how honored I was to meet this man. If you don't know who he is, look him up. He's the guy that broke the Zapruder film to the world in 1975 and testified on the Rockefeller Commission. I bought his latest book which he graciously signed for me. Then he gave me a gift. It is a movie ticket from the Texas Theater 1963 where Lee Harvey Oswald...