Best Events To Honor JFK's Memory
There are many events this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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There are many events this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Fort Worth ISD is remembering the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with a short documentary.
From the mug shots police took of Lee Harvey Oswald to the homicide report for the president he was accused of killing, a collection of rarely seen artifacts related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy has gone on display at Dallas City Hall.
Many items that make up the searing images from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are available for public viewing 50 years later, in cities all over the country.
As the anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination looms, the City of Irving is making a museum out of the home where Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald spent their final night together.
About 45 minutes after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas, Officer J.D. Tippit was on patrol in Oak Cliff. He slowed down as he saw a man who met the vague description of the shooting suspect walking down the street.
About 45 minutes after President Kennedy died from a sniper's bullets in Dallas, Officer J.D. Tippit saw a man walking down a street in a nearby Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Lee Harvey Oswald's gold wedding band has sold at auction for $118,000.
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald left his wedding ring in a cup on the dresser and left $170 in one of its drawers before he headed for work at the Texas School Book Depository.
Fifty years after JFK's assassination, Irving is opening a house it hopes will tell a part of the story many people don't know; where Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald spent their last night together.
Actor Will Rothhaar, whom you've seen on the big screen in "Battle Los Angeles" and on TV's "Last Resort", is starring in a project with historic ties to the Dallas area.
Five decades after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot and long after official inquiries ended, thousands of pages of investigative documents remain withheld from public view.
A lot of visitors wander the Rose Hill cemetery looking for a single, flat grave marker. They're not mourners. They are sightseers, tour guides and conspiracy theorists.
The ever-disputed investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas is getting a fresh look in a new book to be released later this year.
The annual meeting of the State Bar of Texas is underway in Dallas and this afternoon's events include The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. The mock trial is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK.
A nook with just enough space for a bed has made a Dallas boarding house a point of fascination for 50 years, because of the man who occupied it in 1963 was Lee Harvey Oswald.
As the nation prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, The History Channel is preparing to shoot a documentary about that dark day.
From this point forward, the Dallas Police Department's detective of the year award has a new name. During a ceremony Tuesday police Chief David Brown announced, "The detective of the year award will be named the James Leavelle Detective of the Year Award."
The man in the cowboy hat handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot by Jack Ruby, is set to receive the police commendation award.
Some never-before-seen artifacts from the minutes following President John F. Kennedy's assassination are going on display in Washington.
A little-known piece of history in Irving is about to open to the public.
The walls are to come tumbling down on an apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald once lived in Dallas.
Demolition has begun on a 1920's era apartment building in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas that Lee Harvey Oswald used to call home.
At 92, Leavelle still draws a crowd and signs autographs, as the man who was with Lee Harvey Oswald on the day he was killed. But 71 years ago, he was also a witness to another horrific historic event.
One of the darkest days in North Texas history happened 49 years ago today. And as the mid-century mark edges closer, the city of Dallas is already planning how to commemorate the event.
