Two painted crosses lie etched on the black asphalt as symbolic representation of the day America lost its innocence. It is here in Dallas, where three shots reverberated across the world. As we sit on the Grassy Knoll, and conspiratorial theorists whisper in our ear, we reflect on the images that we saw on 'The Sixth Floor Museum' at Dealey Plaza. This museum chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
The museum transports you back to a time where America was embroiled in the McCarthy witch hunts, the 'Bay of Pigs' shambles and an escalation of the Cold War. An atmosphere builds of impending doom as you walk the same steps that Lee Harvey Oswald, and as you pass exhibit after exhibit a great sadness descends. You watch, frame by frame the events of that day unravel and you witness a man's life taken from him and a wife trying to hold her beloved's head together. In the far corner is the assassins advantage point hidden behind boxes piled so high that the afternoon sun casts an eerie silhouette across the room. As you stare out the window down on to the street below, you see a throng of tourists playing chicken with the on-coming traffic to stand on a cross where the great man was gunned down; they steal the moment, selfie sticks raised sending their images across cyberspace to generate a morbid status updates.
Of all the many Museums that we have explored on our travels, the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza has been one of the most moving and unique experience we have undertaken, if ever in Dallas it is a must!
Of all the many Museums that we have explored on our travels, the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza has been one of the most moving and unique experience we have undertaken, if ever in Dallas it is a must!
