Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
In May of 2011, historian Richard Norton Smith was accompanied by a C-SPAN videojournalist as he led a 10-day bus tour of presidential and historic sites from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas. This was one of the stops on the tour.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, is located in what was once the Texas School Book Depository. From the sixth… read more
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, is located in what was once the Texas School Book Depository. From the sixth floor, southeast corner window of this building, Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Curator Gary Mack talked about the museum, and how the information about the assassination and ensuing investigations is presented.
In May of 2011, historian Richard Norton Smith was accompanied by a C-SPAN videojournalist as he led a 10-day bus tour of presidential and historic sites from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas. This was one of the stops on the tour. close
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