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The Sixth Floor Museum
This museum located at Dealy
Plaza, Dallas, Texas, contains a monumental historical display that
looks at the life, death, times and legacy of John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, President of the United States; and this is the spot, the
exact location of bullets that were fired upon the best loved
president that this country has seen in over a century, and most
probably, one of the two best loved men in the presidency of the
nation. The museum uses photographs, artifacts, relics, historic
films and interpretive displays that document the historically exact
events that occurred during, before and after the horrible
assassination of our president. It, the museum, is completely
self-sufficient, getting enough in donations and ticket sales to pay
for itself, renting the space in this building from the county of
Dallas, Texas. It was opened on President's Day in 1989, and is
found in the Texas School Book Depository structure, sitting at the
intersection of Houston and Elm Streets by Dealy Plaza in downtown
Dallas; where on November 22, 1963, one Lee Harvey Oswald shot and
killed the President of the United States. It has evolved into one
of the most controversial events of our time, with numerous ideas of
speculation and hypothesis, conjecture, guesses and any other way of
deciding who, what, where and why this happened. Since its
opening, the museum has welcomed over 6 million visitors from all
over the world, coming here for understanding, clarification,
information and insight into one of the most memorable disasters of
our history. This event has evoked more response, more conjecture,
more misery than any other murder in our history, and has continued
to be an enigma right up to the present day. As the years continue
to pass by, and small bits of information are brought forth, nothing
can definitely solve this murder, and after almost half a century,
it is beginning to look like it will never completely be solved;
although there are many that believe Oswald was alone and did the
dirty deed by himself; while others cannot believe that one man, and
that one mentally disturbed and distressed, could possibly commit
this atrocious crime without help. It shall remain a mystery
forever. All we can do now is to remember, the man, the president,
father, brother, son, husband, friend and advocate of the
downtrodden, the less fortunate and the meek, humble and
disassociated of this wonderful country.
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