The Sixth Floor Museum, A Solemn Tribute to a Fallen President
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75202, USA
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Introduction
"The Sixth Floor" Museum, located in downtown Dallas, was built to commemorate the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 21, 1963. The museum is named "The Sixth Floor" because the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, one of which struck Kennedy in the back, taking his precious life. At the time, Kennedy was in an open-top car campaigning for reelection with his wife, Jacqueline. As a Democratic president from Massachusetts, he was not well-received in Dallas, a Republican stronghold in Texas. Despite local newspapers openly questioning Kennedy's domestic and foreign policies, no one anticipated such a hostile act. After being shot, Kennedy was rushed to nearby Parkland Hospital, where doctors tried their best to save him, but his life slipped away. Fate seemed ironic as these doctors, who had tried desperately to save Kennedy's life, later had to attempt to save the life of Kennedy's assassin, Oswald, at the same location (Oswald was shot in public while being transferred to a court, which was nationally televised at that time). Address The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75202, USA
Opening hours Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00
Monday 12:00-18:00.
