DEALY PLAZA DALLAS TEXAS - FULL SITE TOUR OF JFK’S ASSASSINATION SIXTY YEARS LATER

Join me on a full tour of Dealey Plaza 60 years after the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
In this video, I explore all the areas of this historic landmark, including the exact spot where JFK was assassinated and where the famous home movie, the only one of its kind filmed the entire event.
Dealey Plaza is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was also the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark on the 30th anniversary of the assassination, to preserve Dealey Plaza, street rights-of-way, and buildings and structures by the plaza visible from the assassination site, that have been identified as witness locations or as possible locations for the assassin.
Dealey Plaza is bounded on the south, east, and north sides by buildings at least 100 feet (30 m) tall. One of those buildings is the former Texas School Book Depository building, from which, both the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded, Lee Harvey Oswald fired a rifle that killed President Kennedy; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy died at Parkland Memorial Hospital. There is also a grassy knoll on the northwest side of the plaza. At the plaza's west perimeter is a triple underpass beneath a railroad bridge, under which the motorcade raced after the shots were fired.
National Historic Landmark plaque at Dealey Plaza.
Today, the plaza is typically visited daily by tourists. The Sixth Floor Museum now occupies the top two floors of the seven-story former Book Depository. Since 1989, more than six million people have visited the museum.
The National Park Service designated Dealey Plaza a National Historic Landmark District on November 22, 1993, the 30th anniversary of JFK assassination, roughly encompassing the area between Pacific Avenue, Market and Jackson streets and the former railroad tracks. Therefore, nothing of significance has been torn down or rebuilt in the immediate area. (A small plaque commemorating the assassination is located in the plaza.)
Visitors to Dealey Plaza today will see street lights and street signs that were in use in 1963, though some have been moved to different locations and others removed entirely. Buildings immediately surrounding the plaza have not been changed since 1963, presenting a stark contrast to the ultra-modern Dallas skyline that rises behind it.
Over more than half-a-century, Elm Street has been resurfaced several times; street lane stripes have been relocated; sidewalk lamp posts have been moved and added; trees, bushes and hedges have grown; and some traffic sign locations have been changed, relocated or removed. On November 22, 2003, the 40th anniversary of the assassination, the city of Dallas approved construction project plans to restore Dealey Plaza to its exact appearance on November 22, 1963. The first phase of the restoration, which cost $700,000 for repair work and plumbing along Houston Streets, was completed on November 22, 2008, the 45th anniversary.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

I was there in September. It's an experience that really can't be defined. Thank you for doing this video.

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@patriot3294]

Another Great video, thanks.

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

Thanks again!

[@mikem5043]

The "X marks the spot" was a lot smaller when I was there in the early 2000's

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

I think your right.

[@dfivash]

Driven through there thousands of times. Never have I stopped to visit it.

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

You should it’s iconic!

[@Bendoverandgrabyourankles]

Thank you I will get there some day. Long way from where I live., in the meantime watching this video was great.

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get to see it in person one day!

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Most of the grass on the Grassy Knoll looks dead.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@Pihasanddunes1 The ludicrously lame knoll conspiracy theories were "dead" from the get-go. However, zombie lies do have a certain enduring power.

[@tommywatterson5276]

Another place and date in time that will live in infamy.

[@STEVIESWORLDUK]

Absolutely!

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