To live in Dallas is to know about the awful events of November 1963. Shortly after moving here in September, 1991, was the 28th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in downtown Dallas and I learned what an ongoing impact that event had on the psyche of my city, even decades later. As vivid a memory as it is for people who were alive on that day, in Dallas, it seems to be an event that lives on in the local media and will always be a thread in the fabric of the city.
On the Sixth Floor of the then Texas School Book Depository building, located at 411 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, is a fantastic museum dedicated to preserving the memory of the assassination and to honor the life and memory of President Kennedy. This week, an exhibit opened there titled: A Photographer's Story: Bob Jackson and the Kennedy Assassination.
Bob Jackson is a photojournalist who is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning and iconic image of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters.
This promises to be a thought provoking and emotion evoking addition to the Sixth Floor Museum’s ongoing exhibits. A Photographer's Story: Bob Jackson and the Kennedy Assassination opened on February 17th and will run through July 31, 2010. Be sure not to miss it!
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