Dealey Plaza & The Sixth Floor Museum: A Haunting Pilgrimage 🏛️

🔫Dallas’ Dealey Plaza isn’t just a public space—it’s the epicenter of a tragedy that reshaped America. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated here, and today, the plaza and its adjacent Sixth Floor Museum stand as solemn tributes to a moment frozen in time.🏢 📍 Key Locations Dealey Plaza: The open park where JFK’s motorcade passed, now marked with white “X”s on Elm Street indicating the fatal shots. 🛣️🎯 Texas School Book Depository: The six-story building where Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired from the sixth-floor window. Today, it houses the museum. 📚 🏛️ The Sixth Floor Museum Experience Exhibits: Original artifacts (Oswald’s rifle, JFK’s limo fabric), the Zapruder film, and interactive timelines. 🎥🩸 Audio Guides: Included in entry—available in Chinese! 🎧🇨🇳 Photography: No photos on the sixth floor (crime scene preservation), but the seventh floor offers panoramic views of Dealey Plaza. 📸🌆 💡 Visitor Essentials Address: 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202. 🗺️ Hours: Mon: 12 PM–6 PM Tue–Sun: 10 AM–6 PM Tickets: Adults 16;seniors/students14; under 5 free. 🎟️💵 Parking: Museum lot (10/hr;18/10 hrs). Alternative: Park near the Kennedy Memorial (5-min walk). 🅿️🚗 🕯️ A Place of Reflection Walking Dealey Plaza, the “X” markers on Elm Street feel like ghostly footnotes. The museum doesn’t sensationalize tragedy—it humanizes it. A letter from a grieving child, Jackie Kennedy’s pink suit (replicated), and Cronkite’s shaken voiceover remind us: This was real. 💌 🌍 Why It Matters The Sixth Floor Museum isn’t just about “what happened.” 👔It’s about how a single moment in Dealey Plaza altered politics, media, and trust. As I stood by the seventh-floor window, staring at the plaza below, I felt the same disbelief that gripped 1963 America. Some wounds never fade—they become classrooms. 📚💔 #JFKAssassination #DealeyPlaza #DallasHistory #SixthFloorMuseum 🏛️