DALLAS — This city didn’t murder President John F. Kennedy — a madman with a mail-order rifle did.
But for years Dallas has dealt with the stigma that the thirty-fifth president of the United States was gunned down here.
On Friday, 50 years to the day after the president was killed, the city of Dallas held its first official observation of the anniversary. The ceremony, which was years in the making, was orchestrated at the infamous site where the shots rang out. But organizers went out of their way to make sure the program commemorated Kennedy’s legacy, not the crime that took his life.
Dallas confronts darkest day with first official memorial of JFK assassination
It only took Dallas 50 years to get out of denial. For Texas, that's really fast.
But for years Dallas has dealt with the stigma that the thirty-fifth president of the United States was gunned down here.
On Friday, 50 years to the day after the president was killed, the city of Dallas held its first official observation of the anniversary. The ceremony, which was years in the making, was orchestrated at the infamous site where the shots rang out. But organizers went out of their way to make sure the program commemorated Kennedy’s legacy, not the crime that took his life.
Dallas confronts darkest day with first official memorial of JFK assassination
It only took Dallas 50 years to get out of denial. For Texas, that's really fast.
