Today, as America commemorates the 50th anniversary the Kennedy assassination, history buffs like myself are glued to all of the television specials and not without some tears in our eyes.
The start of my obsession with the Kennedy family started sometime between elementary and middle school with a vintage biography of my mom's about Jackie Kennedy. Since then, I've read every book I could get my hands on about the family; wrote countless papers about the assassination and Jackie Kennedy; and visited the landmarks - Kennedy Presidential Library, Hyannis Kennedy Memorial, Arlington and Dallas.
Visiting the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas had always been one of my goals and although it was interesting, I have no desire to ever return. From the moment I stepped into the window where Lee Harvey Oswald stood, I had chills. Walking through the grassy knoll and Dealey Plaza was a somber experience and an afternoon I will never forget.
In the end I'm glad I had the opportunity to see the Sixth Floor Museum but I enjoyed the Kennedy Presidential Library more because it focused more on JFK's life not death, more on how he inspired a generation not the end of an era and more on what he accomplished not what wasn't because of his untimely death.
These are a few pictures I took the afternoon I spent at he Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas with my friend Kristin.
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