Last week, I found out I would need to fly to Dallas on Sunday so I could be in a meeting at our corporate office on Monday morning. As usual, I immediately emailed my cousin, Mike Jones (Yes, that is his real name...no, he is not a famous rapper) to let him know that I was coming up for the night. He told me to come up around noon, and he, Cassey (Mike's wife), Lauren (his daughter) and Thompson (a family friend and neighbor) would all meet me at the airport and pick me up. They wanted to take me to the West End in Dallas for a good meal and then to The Sixth Floor Museum. I had never heard of it, and when I asked what it was, Mike told me it was a museum housed in an early 20th-century warehouse formerly known as the Texas School Book Depository that was dedicated to the life of JFK and the mystery surrounding his assassination.
Here's a random fact about me...tragic, historical events fascinate me. The Titanic, major wars, the Holocaust, 9/11 ... of course, I wish they never happened, but they did, and I can't help but be intrigued. The assassination of JFK is even more interesting to me because of all the mystery and conspiracy theory that surrounds it. Did the government play a part in his murder? Was it the mafia? Were there two shooters or one? Even though the shooting took place almost 50 years ago, the interest in the case is still so great that more than 325,000 people visit The Sixth Floor Museum on average every year.
If you want to read more about the assassination, you can click on the following links:
One of the first pictures I snapped inside the museum. This exhibit showed different artifacts and memorabilia from the 60s.
One of Kennedy's campaign posters
This particular exhibit highlighted some of the events that took place during Kennedy's presidency. This fragment is a piece of the Berlin Wall.
Driving through the streets of Dallas minutes before his assassination.
The spot where Zapruder stood and unexpectedly filmed the assassination of the 35th President.
The X on the street marks the approximate position of Kennedy in the limousine at the moment of the fatal head shot.
The old Texas School Book Depository. The trees are hiding it now, but Kennedy was shot from the corner window.
So what do you think? Was Lee Harvey Oswald working alone or was he part of a bigger conspiracy? I don't know that we will ever know the truth, but I really enjoyed seeing some of the evidence and spending the day with family in such a historical place. If you are ever up in Dallas, I would definitely recommend you visit the Sixth Floor Museum.
Until next time....
-Rey
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