The Sixth Floor Museum (December 2009)

I really wish I had posted about this back in December when we had just gone, because it was such a cool experience, and then I could have referred back to it when I blogged about the JFK library, but I didn't.

The Sixth Floor Museum is in Dallas, TX in the building where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK as he passed in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. You can't take pictures inside the museum, but it's totally worth seeing if you ever find yourself in Dallas.

Here are some things we could take pictures of:

The Texas School Book Depository building

The right corner window on the sixth floor is where LHO took his shot

Dealey Plaza monument

The Grassy Knoll

Josh took this picture standing in the spot where Zapruder shot his infamous film footage of the assassination

The spot where JFK was shot

Dealey Plaza

Okay, so we snuck the last picture from the corner window of the seventh floor, where they had an exhibit devoted to the photography of Robert H. Jackson, who took this award-winning picture. It was pretty intense to stand in that spot and realize that this was basically the same view of an assassin. 

I highly recommend watching the Oliver Stone film "JFK" before visiting Dealey Plaza. Whether or not the "second shooter" theory is accurate, the film details the activities of that day. It was cool to see the movie and then be at the area.

We didn't just hang out at assassination sights, we also went to the Dallas temple, which reminds me of the Boise temple. I'm not sure that we'll ever be back to Dallas, but it was an amazing one-time experience.