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CAPTAINNEO · 05-08-2008, 01:10 AM

So this week I'm in Dallas, Tx for work. When I told my coworker I was gonna be here, he told me I had to stop by Dealey Plaza, where JFK was assassinated.
If you ask anyone in the generation above (most of) us, I think 99.99% of them can tell you where they were when this happened...it's one of those things EVERY member of their generation had in common...
Being this happened sooo long ago (anything before what I can remember is a long time ago...), I've never really paid much attention into the whole JFK assassination and it's numerous conspiracy theories. After visiting that historic spot today, I've been reading about/googling it for a few hours...Here are a few pics...Shit gave me the chills, just being there...sorry for the crappy cell phone pics...

First Pic: Texas School Book Depository. Where the alleged shooter (Lee Harvey Oswald) was posted when he shot the President. You can see the window from which he shot; 6th floor, right corner. Window is still half-cracked open.

Second Pic: On the bottom left of the pic, you can see the "X" on the street where JFK was when he was hit by the first bullet (Just above the lane divider marking). In the background is the Depository building.

Third Pic: "X" mark where JFK took the second (fatal) bullet.

touge monster · 05-08-2008, 01:23 AM

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

aa87 · 05-08-2008, 01:52 AM

I remember visiting it in dallas.

My tasteless friend wanted to lay on the x, thinking it was a small street or something, but it was like a downtown merger on to the 35 or some big highway there, loaded with traffic most of the time.

just1pepsi · 05-08-2008, 05:22 AM

I should roll down there and see that.. I'm only a few hrs away.

BustedS13 · 05-08-2008, 11:13 AM

i've been there. it was the late 90's and these ultra detailed hologram pictures were all the rage at the time. we went into a mall there and there was a hologram store, right... one of them was a hologram of oswald hunched over his gun, aiming at kennedy. and you could look through the scope and it had a hologram crosshair on the back of hologram kennedy's head. it was pretty sweet/disturbing.

azndoc · 05-08-2008, 11:32 AM

I never knew they had an X there.

Its a little creepy.

just1pepsi · 05-08-2008, 11:40 AM

that is kinda morbid and distateful.. but its probably more of a tourist trap now than anything..

DUFFM4N · 05-08-2008, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by azndoc

I never knew they had an X there.

Its a little creepy.

x2

it is a lil creepy, and also that the window is 1/2 cracked still

BustedS13 · 05-08-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DUFFM4N

x2

it is a lil creepy, and also that the window is 1/2 cracked still

the actual window oswald fired from was auctioned, not sure when, but it's not there anymore. when i went, though, they had SOME window there, whether it was the original or a new one i don't know, but they let you perch yourself and look at the x's

CAPTAINNEO · 05-08-2008, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BustedS13

the actual window oswald fired from was auctioned, not sure when, but it's not there anymore. when i went, though, they had SOME window there, whether it was the original or a new one i don't know, but they let you perch yourself and look at the x's

Yea, not sure if the window is THE window...but it's the place where the shot was allegedley fired from. Didnt go thru the museum, so didnt get up there at all.

2ilvia · 05-08-2008, 07:43 PM

he was a darn good president
[ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4315024059102108031&q=john+f+kennedy&ei=lTIjSPWZCZ 7GrQKpvbnTAg&hl=en[/ame]
edit: too good

**S13SilviaGirl** · 05-09-2008, 12:01 AM

Thanks for sharing Scott

I didn't know there was an X there either.

CAPTAINNEO · 05-09-2008, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by S13SilviaGirl

Thanks for sharing Scott

I didn't know there was an X there either.

like i said, i had ZERO interest really in going there, only went cause my coworker suggested it and i had some extra time on my hands...but since then, ive googled it, youtubed it, wikipedia'd it...shit. so much other WORK i shouldve been doing instead.

and just to clarify, there are TWO X's, one at each location he was hit by a bullet.

05-08-2008, 01:10 AM	#1
CAPTAINNEO Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pasadena, CA Age: 46 Posts: 447 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Dealey Plaza...Where JFK was assassinated... So this week I'm in Dallas, Tx for work. When I told my coworker I was gonna be here, he told me I had to stop by Dealey Plaza, where JFK was assassinated. If you ask anyone in the generation above (most of) us, I think 99.99% of them can tell you where they were when this happened...it's one of those things EVERY member of their generation had in common... Being this happened sooo long ago (anything before what I can remember is a long time ago...), I've never really paid much attention into the whole JFK assassination and it's numerous conspiracy theories. After visiting that historic spot today, I've been reading about/googling it for a few hours...Here are a few pics...Shit gave me the chills, just being there...sorry for the crappy cell phone pics... First Pic: Texas School Book Depository. Where the alleged shooter (Lee Harvey Oswald) was posted when he shot the President. You can see the window from which he shot; 6th floor, right corner. Window is still half-cracked open. Second Pic: On the bottom left of the pic, you can see the "X" on the street where JFK was when he was hit by the first bullet (Just above the lane divider marking). In the background is the Depository building. Third Pic: "X" mark where JFK took the second (fatal) bullet.

05-08-2008, 01:52 AM	#3
aa87 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport, LA Age: 37 Posts: 1,116 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I remember visiting it in dallas. My tasteless friend wanted to lay on the x, thinking it was a small street or something, but it was like a downtown merger on to the 35 or some big highway there, loaded with traffic most of the time. __________________ Hookers and blow.

05-08-2008, 11:13 AM	#5
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 40 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i've been there. it was the late 90's and these ultra detailed hologram pictures were all the rage at the time. we went into a mall there and there was a hologram store, right... one of them was a hologram of oswald hunched over his gun, aiming at kennedy. and you could look through the scope and it had a hologram crosshair on the back of hologram kennedy's head. it was pretty sweet/disturbing. __________________

05-08-2008, 07:43 PM	#11
2ilvia Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: norhio Posts: 627 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	he was a darn good president [ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4315024059102108031&q=john+f+kennedy&ei=lTIjSPWZCZ 7GrQKpvbnTAg&hl=en[/ame] edit: too good __________________ S14- soon to be powered by 24v cummins- 450lbs tq

05-08-2008, 01:23 AM	#2
touge monster Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 562, CA Age: 36 Posts: 801 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

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just1pepsi Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: OKC Age: 42 Posts: 657 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I should roll down there and see that.. I'm only a few hrs away.

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azndoc Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles Age: 43 Posts: 9,487 Trader Rating: (47) Rides Gallery: azndoc Feedback Score: 47 reviews	I never knew they had an X there. Its a little creepy.

05-08-2008, 11:40 AM	#7
just1pepsi Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: OKC Age: 42 Posts: 657 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that is kinda morbid and distateful.. but its probably more of a tourist trap now than anything..