A couple of pictures of Downtown Dallas:
Just around the corner from the memorial is the Texas School Book Depository, the infamous building where from the sixth floor Lee Harvey Oswald shot and assassinated President J.F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963. The sixth floor is now a dedicated museum to Kennedy and the hours that led up to his assassination. It is such an interesting place to visit and a fitting tribute to him. We spent nearly three hours in the museum listening, reading and watching video footage relating mostly to the day of the assassination. We were both consumed by everything on display, especially all the evidence that pointed to Lee Harvey Oswald including finger prints found at the site of the shooting beside the sixth floor window and the photo of the precise moment that Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Jack Ruby was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death, however at a later date this conviction was overturned and he died of cancer prior to his retrial.No pictures were allowed to be taken inside the museum itself, the picture below is in the entrance hallway leading into the museum.
The very last window on the right, on the second floor from the top is the window from which L.H. Oswald fired at and assassinated President J.F. Kennedy.
Just directly outside the Texas School Book Depository building is the grassy knoll and corner of Elm and Houston Street where two of the three shots fired hit the President in his limousine as it drove by. These two spots are indicated on the road today by two white crosses. Just prior to us taking pictures of these white crosses other tourists were in the middle of the road dodging the passing traffic to get their pictures of the site. We were happy to take the pictures from the footpath instead!
Just directly outside the Texas School Book Depository building is the grassy knoll and corner of Elm and Houston Street where two of the three shots fired hit the President in his limousine as it drove by. These two spots are indicated on the road today by two white crosses. Just prior to us taking pictures of these white crosses other tourists were in the middle of the road dodging the passing traffic to get their pictures of the site. We were happy to take the pictures from the footpath instead!Grassy Knoll in background.
Me with my eyes closed standing beside one of the two white crosses.
The second white cross a little further down the same road.
The plan for the evening was to visit Stockyards Rodeo in Forthworth about 30 miles from Downtown Dallas where our hotel is. The brochure describes the evening filled with bull riding, bareback riding, barrel racing, tie down roping and plenty more so the excitement was building until Daire realised that today was Thursday and not Friday. The Rodeo is only on Friday and Saturday evenings so that was the end of that. Instead we strolled into the Historical District Area, had some Mexican food and of course dessert when we were already full. I suppose we are still on holidays and plenty of eating is par for the course.
Good news for Daire today as he got his contract from Brookfield for Ryanair and his start date is now December, exciting times ahead! He might not be frequenting the streets as such for much longer!!
Me with my eyes closed standing beside one of the two white crosses.
The second white cross a little further down the same road.
The plan for the evening was to visit Stockyards Rodeo in Forthworth about 30 miles from Downtown Dallas where our hotel is. The brochure describes the evening filled with bull riding, bareback riding, barrel racing, tie down roping and plenty more so the excitement was building until Daire realised that today was Thursday and not Friday. The Rodeo is only on Friday and Saturday evenings so that was the end of that. Instead we strolled into the Historical District Area, had some Mexican food and of course dessert when we were already full. I suppose we are still on holidays and plenty of eating is par for the course.
Good news for Daire today as he got his contract from Brookfield for Ryanair and his start date is now December, exciting times ahead! He might not be frequenting the streets as such for much longer!!
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