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Dallas and JFK
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:58 am
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:58 am
My son and I are big history buffs and one topic of great interest to us is the JFK assassination. We are going to Dallas for Mardi Gras weekend to visit Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum. Other than DFW airport we’ve never been to the city.
Besides the sites in Dealey Plaza, what other things of interest is worth seeing in Dallas related to JFK? Anyone gems off the beaten path?
We are staying in a hotel about 5-6 blocks from Dealey. Any recommendations on restaurants? I wouldn’t mind a good bbq place.
Besides the sites in Dealey Plaza, what other things of interest is worth seeing in Dallas related to JFK? Anyone gems off the beaten path?
We are staying in a hotel about 5-6 blocks from Dealey. Any recommendations on restaurants? I wouldn’t mind a good bbq place.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:22 pm to TheFonz
Doesn't look like much more than what you have...
This is from Claude AI:
Here are some key JFK-related tourist spots in Dallas:
Dealey Plaza - The site where President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. You can see the grassy knoll, the Texas School Book Depository building, and the "X" marks on the street indicating where the shots struck the motorcade.
The Sixth Floor Museum - Located in the former Texas School Book Depository building, this museum chronicles Kennedy's life, assassination, and legacy. It includes the sniper's perch window from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired.
JFK Memorial Plaza - A modern memorial designed by architect Philip Johnson, located a few blocks from Dealey Plaza. It's an open-air structure with a simple marker honoring Kennedy.
Parkland Memorial Hospital - While not a formal tourist attraction, this is the hospital where JFK was pronounced dead. It's still an active hospital.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Cemetery Trail - Located at Pioneer Plaza Cemetery, though note that JFK is actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Conspiracy Museum (formerly JFK Assassination Museum) - If still operating, this offers alternative theories about the assassination.
Most visitors start at Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum, which provides the most comprehensive experience. The area is walkable and you can easily spend a few hours exploring the historic sites.
This is from Claude AI:
Here are some key JFK-related tourist spots in Dallas:
Dealey Plaza - The site where President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. You can see the grassy knoll, the Texas School Book Depository building, and the "X" marks on the street indicating where the shots struck the motorcade.
The Sixth Floor Museum - Located in the former Texas School Book Depository building, this museum chronicles Kennedy's life, assassination, and legacy. It includes the sniper's perch window from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired.
JFK Memorial Plaza - A modern memorial designed by architect Philip Johnson, located a few blocks from Dealey Plaza. It's an open-air structure with a simple marker honoring Kennedy.
Parkland Memorial Hospital - While not a formal tourist attraction, this is the hospital where JFK was pronounced dead. It's still an active hospital.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Cemetery Trail - Located at Pioneer Plaza Cemetery, though note that JFK is actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Conspiracy Museum (formerly JFK Assassination Museum) - If still operating, this offers alternative theories about the assassination.
Most visitors start at Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum, which provides the most comprehensive experience. The area is walkable and you can easily spend a few hours exploring the historic sites.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 1:38 pm to TheFonz
I have been there a couple of times. The Book Depository museum is first class, and it is interesting to walk around Dealy Plaza, the Grassy Knoll and to walk the motorcade route for the few blocks before Dealy Plaza. It is easy to picture exactly how the events unfolded.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 2:11 pm to TheFonz
You could go over to the Texas Theater where they found Lee Harvey hiding. It's still a working theater showing independent films, live music and a cool little bar in the lobby. There isn't any acknowledgement of Lee Harvey since I guess they don't want to celebrate that but its a cool old building. If you go I can try to tell you the secret passage to get up in the balcony area. Nearby the theater is Lee Harvey's house he was living in at the time at 1026 N. Beckley Avenue.Though I'm not sure what condition its in. Also close to there is where Clyde Barrow is buried in Western Heights Cemetery
(1617 Fort Worth Ave). Bonnie is buried in north dallas.
(1617 Fort Worth Ave). Bonnie is buried in north dallas.
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 1/24/26 at 2:12 pm to TheFonz
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Parkland Memorial Hospital - While not a formal tourist attraction, this is the hospital where JFK was pronounced dead. It's still an active hospital
This is no longer accurate. That was ‘old’ Parkland which has been demolished. Used to you could see the door to the room where he was worked on but the room was sealed.
But you can see the Texas Theatre on Jefferson where Oswald went after shooting the police officer. Short Uber ride from where you are.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:28 pm to TheFonz
Campisi's on Mockingbird was frequented by Jack Ruby.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:43 pm to RummelTiger
All listed are great spots, if you don’t mind driving to downtown Fort Worth, the Hilton (Hotel Texas in the 60’s) was where he stayed the night before his assassination and has a memorial outside where he addressed the media for the last time.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:44 pm to runforrestrun
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Campisi's on Mockingbird was frequented by Jack Ruby.
And it still looks like a place a mob hit would go down, good pizza too.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:38 pm to TheFonz
LHO grave is in Fort Worth.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:30 am to TheFonz
You could go to 404 East 10th street where Oswald killed officer J. D. Tippit.
Posted on 1/28/26 at 4:56 pm to TheFonz
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This post was edited on 1/28/26 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 1/28/26 at 11:32 pm to TheFonz
Outstanding BBQ nearby in Deep Ellum at Pecan Lodge.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 9:21 am to TheFonz
The museum in the Book Depository is an outstanding historical museum, but we went on the weekend and it was crowded.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 10:28 am to ATLTiger24
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Outstanding BBQ nearby in Deep Ellum at Pecan Lodge.
Most people will tell you Pecan Lodge has slipped and Terry Black's, also in Deep Ellum, is much better.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 12:47 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:44 pm to midlothianlsu
Although minor, the only thing I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned is Love Field has a marker on the tarmac that is located where Johnson took the oath of office on Air Force One. Something to take a quick glance at if you’re ever in the airport.
When I last went to DP, Jack Ruby’s fedora hat that he was wearing when he shot Oswald was on display. as was the suit Det. Jim Leavelle was wearing.
Most of the really key artifacts - Oswald’s rifle, Jackie’s pink dress, etc. - are locked away at the National Archives in Maryland. The limo Kennedy was riding in is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, as is the chair Lincoln was sitting in when shot.
When I last went to DP, Jack Ruby’s fedora hat that he was wearing when he shot Oswald was on display. as was the suit Det. Jim Leavelle was wearing.
Most of the really key artifacts - Oswald’s rifle, Jackie’s pink dress, etc. - are locked away at the National Archives in Maryland. The limo Kennedy was riding in is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, as is the chair Lincoln was sitting in when shot.
This post was edited on 1/29/26 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:10 am to TheFonz
Thanks everyone for the ideas. We’re only going to have one full day (Sunday) to explore. I’m thinking of visiting 214 W. Neely Street in addition to Dealy, where the famous Oswald “backyard photo” was taken. I read that they filmed that scene for 11-22-63 on site there, and recreated the fence and steps as it looked in the Oswald photo. It looks like you can walk down the little alleyway on the side and see it. You can probably take a photo standing in the same spot.
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