Our Journey : January 6, 2022 JFK and Cattle

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January 6, 2022 JFK and Cattle

We had a great dinner last night with Ann and Norlynn and today was another one of our touristy/history days.

We made our way to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. This museum examines the life and times of John F. Kennedy and it follows a timeline from the announcement of the Dallas motorcade thru the shooting of JFK, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the investigations. We went thru many films, artifacts and interpretive displays. More information can be found here: https://www.jfk.org/

I was eight years old when he was shot. I went to Catholic School and I remember the nun being called to the hall and she came back crying and told us that we were going home. I rode a bus home and I remember seeing the older kids crying. It was very confusing to an eight year old. I do remember my parents and grandparents being very upset and trying not to let us see it and I do remember being scared. It is amazing what you forget, isn’t it. I wonder now how the children felt after 9/11.

What struck me here was that in 1960 over half the population was under 25. That is a lot of people now in their 60’s and 70’s.

Interesting:

The corner room where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK:

The X in the middle of the picture was the site of the first shot:

There were a number of quotes from witnesses. One of the things that I did not remember was that he was shot three times and the third shot was what killed JFK.

There were a number of groups in the US that did not like JFK.

The location of the found gun:

Very thought provoking even today or maybe especially today!

We saw a movie on how JFK was mourned all over the world:

This is where the first shot entered JFK:

And this was the killing shot location:

The grassy knoll where they think there was a second shooter:

The sixth floor corner room was where Lee Harvey Oswald shot his gun:

Such a sad time in our history. I am glad this museum is here to remind us what happened.

From there we went to lunch at Cyndi’s NY Deli – Yum – then made our way to the cattle sculpture at Pioneer Park. Scenes along the way:

Cool Museum:

Interesting:

Interesting and have no clue:

Mobile Oil Pegasus Flying Horse:

And we found the sculptures in Pioneer Park:

“The large sculpture commemorates nineteenth century cattle drives that took place along the Shawnee Trail, the earliest and easternmost route by which Texas longhorn cattle were taken to northern railheads. The trail passed through Austin, Waco, and Dallas until the Chisolm Trail siphoned off most of the traffic in 1867.The 49 bronze steers and 3 trail riders sculptures were created by artist Robert Summers of Glen Rose, Texas. Each steer is larger-than-life at six feet high; all together the sculpture is the largest bronze monument of its kind in the world. Set along an artificial ridge and past a man-made limestone cliff, native landscaping with a flowing stream and waterfall help create the dramatic effect.”