And then he sort of did this, put his hand to his forehead and fell in my lap.And then I just remember falling on him and saying, Oh, no, no, no, I mean, Oh, my God, they have shot my husband. And I love you, Jack. I remember I was shouting. The tour ends in Dealey Plaza near the Texas School Book Depository. The DPD Channel 1 dispatcher reports a shooting in the downtown area involving the President. The groove in the sidewalk on the north side of Elm Street lines up with TSBDW but not as a credible shot at the President. We may earn a commission from links on this page. [21], As the first shot was fired, Mary Moorman, who was with her friend Jean Hill as the two watched the motorcade pass, took a Polaroid picture of the grassy knoll with President Kennedy in the second car in the foreground: Moorman and Hill were close, only about 10 to 15 feet away. It is no longer necessary to prove that the Warren Commission was wrong about the shots in Dealey Plaza. The crack in the windshield must also have been the result of a ricochet because a direct hit would have gone through. Democrats in vice president Lyndon Johnsons home state were splintering a year ahead of the next presidential election. Like Umbrella Man, Radio Man was a crowd member who stood watching while President Kennedy was shot. This shot could only come from TSBDE as a credible shot at the President. Non-harmfulness (harmlessness). Eight stated that they heard shots being fired from elsewhere, and five testified that the shots were fired from two different directions.[39][d]. In my book, I presented this explanation by first generation researcher/architect/assassinologist Robert Cutler, which he published in Jerry Roses The Third Decade in 1992. I believe the TSBDE shooter could not hit anything with his inferior rifle, and he will manage to fire just two shots in ten seconds. Kennedy was a stoic about pain, and he received daily pain medication. Share Fortunately there are photos that show the tear: Warren Commission CE353a and Zapruder frames 267 & 268. The occupants of the limousine believed that this was the first shot. So large that the driver of the presidents vehicle kept the car closer to the left-hand-side of the street as opposed to the right-hand-side of the street because the president was on the right rear. Some researchers believe that shot #8 came from the top of the Dallas Records Building, but the trajectory from the Dallas Records Building to the manhole does not come close to the limousine. The blond woman (Karan Hicks) has turned around to look at the sign. 17 On the Zapruder film, Kennedys head moves forward just before the shot to his head. Open in Google Maps. The second floor is reached by a stairs from the south and held a central switching console and windows overlooking all sides. Your historian-guide tells you stories you may not have heard otherwise about the day's happenings, and helps you decipher some of the most talked . 5 President Kennedy had a wound in his back. New York: Viking Penguin, 1993) for the Zapruder sequence of shots #1, #2 & #5 and the theorized shot to Kennedys back. On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:02:45 PM UTC-4, On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 8:46:59 PM UTC-4, bigdog, On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 6:11:14 PM UTC-4, Spence. SIX JFK SHOOTERS - 3 TIED TO CIA . But it was very clear, it was a through and through bullet hole, through the windshield of the car, from the front to the back. The larger movement of President kennedys head can be explained by terminal velocity, hydrostatic shock and cavitation, which describe the movement of a fluid filled container into the direction of a bullet strike. This scenario was first proposed by Anthony Marsh at COPA in 1995. The City of Dallas may have destroyed incriminating evidence that wasnt really incriminating. John F. Kennedy faced gunfire from three gunmen who shot four bullets at his passing motorcade according to dramatic new findings that indicate Lee Harvey Oswald could not have acted alone sparking a fresh manhunt for a second and third shooter! Which leads you to wonder: What if there had been someone on both sides of the limo, particularly the right side? Ellis: Yes sir I sure did, it was a mass blood in the back seat, and a piece of the skull bone. The shooters in the Texas School Book Depository would not have known how many bullet casings to leave behind, so a spotter must have signaled three casings for two hits on Kennedy and one hit on Connally. I located a mark on the curb in the Altgens 6 photograph, but there is no proof that the mark is a bullet mark, or if it is the mark noted by Breneman & West. This tear can be seen from the right but not from the left, suggesting that it was easily overlooked. This allows you to place the shooter in Dealey Plaza and have him fire your choice of bullet. Freeman: Oh yes, yes! The seven-story annex occupies the northwest quadrant of the block holding the original building, and it overlooks Dealey Plaza across N. Houston St. to the west. And it was terribly hot. However, the coating on the back of the sign would take a fraction of a second to react. Former President Kennedy was assassinated at Dealey Plaza in 1963. Newspapers around the country carried the news that Kennedy had been shot to the American people: "Kennedy Slain," wrote the Boston Globe. The bullet The other shooters used ammunition made from 6.5 mm bullets fired through Oswalds Mannlicher-Carcano and reloaded into 7.62 mm (.30-30) shell casings with a sabot. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". jump in and claim that it's more people. And my husband never made any sound. Jacqueline Kennedy:In the motorcade, you know, I usually would be waving mostly to the left side and he was waving mostly to the right, which is one reason you are not looking at each other very much. Some researchers believe Kennedy was hit from the front and the rear. Along the drive, you can see Dealey Plaza and the John F. Kennedy Memorial. 15 The back of the rear view mirror of the limousine had a dent just below the defect in the windshield. It was the first time the phrase grassy knoll was used in connection to the shooting, according to the museum. Buildings immediately surrounding the plaza have not been changed since 1963, presenting a stark contrast to the ultra-modern Dallas skyline that rises behind it. Two Friends Sad Story: Kenny O'Donnell and Dave Powers were riding in the car behind the Presidential limo in the Dealey Plaza motorcade. 1 - Witnesses reported that the first shot hit the pavement. After the shots had been fired, Jay Skaggs photographed, Since the first national broadcast by a major television network of the Zapruder film on March 6, 1975, on the, Pages documenting this are held by Gary Mack, Curator of, Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 19:31, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Learn how and when to remove this template message, assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas, National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas, Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture, "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dealey Plaza Historic District", "National Register of Historic Places InventoryNomination Form: Westend Historic District", "How this forgotten journalist scored the 20th century's biggest scoop", "Assassination FAQ: What is the grassy knoll? :[3]:28, Dealey Plaza and all of the contributing buildings are part of the Westend Historic District (NRHP #78002918,[10] 1978; Dallas Landmark Historic District #H/2,[11] 1975[12]) with the single exception of the U.S. Post Office Terminal Annex which is outside of the boundaries of that district. A high-powered rifle shot could easily have caused all of Connallys wounds. When we take a look at the view from that position in our Blender model, this is what is seen: Even though this image is at Z255 and the Altgens6 photograph, the angle of the windshield to JFKs neck does not line up. Posted November 11, 2022. The frame absorbed most of the momentum but a piece of the bullet angled down slightly and cracked the windshield then came back and dented the mirror. Dallas County Records Building Annex, 500 Elm St. The 1955 annex to the Records Building has its primary facade along Elm St. facing the Dal-Tex Building. I can tie the DTB shooter to shot #6 so the Tague shot has to occur earlier in the sequence. Monuments outlining the plaza honor previous prominent Dallas residents and predate President John F. Kennedy's visit by many years. Unable to see clearly over his right shoulder, Connally then turned to his left and was hit. Kennedys forward movement after the shot to his throat is interpreted by some researchers as momentum from a shot to his back supposedly occurring at Z228. Some researchers believe that two separate bullets hit Governor Connally because he could not have held on to his hat after his wrist was shattered. Groden believes Kennedy started reacting to the throat shot at Zapruder frame 188. Reflecting pools and colonnades, Dealey Plaza along Houston St. Two reflecting pools extend along Houston St. within the plaza with each extending from Main St. to the edges of the plaza. Historical tour to the JFK Memorial and Grassy Knoll. He had told us that the previous Monday in a motorcade in Tampa. Shown is the location of cameraman Abraham Zapruder along with the trajectory of the third and fatal shot that killed. Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent assigned to Jacqueline Kennedy, spoke to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for its oral-history project: We left Washington on Nov. 21 on Air Force One. Jacqueline Kennedy:You know, there is always noise in a motorcade and there are always motorcycles besides us, a lot of them backfiring. Fifty-five years ago today, at 11:52, the motorcade carrying the Kennedys, governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, in an open-top Lincoln Continental departed for the citys Trade Mart. Donahue's Dealey Plaza odyssey began 21 years earlier. It appears in the acoustical analysis at Z312. Lyndon B. Johnson, 55, would become the 36th President in Dallas that day. Three graphics images, all rendered Autocad drawings, test two scenarios. The Sixth Floor Museum now occupies the top two floors of the seven-story former Book Depository. For the music group, see, View from southwest, with the former Texas School Book Depository building at left, Dal-Tex Building in center, and the Dallas County Records Annex at right (2003), "Grassy knoll" redirects here. After screening the film for Secret Service agents, Zapruder agreed to sell the rights to "Life," but did not want the film to be exploited. But there were rows and rows of people behind me. side came down right in front of the driver and out the glass into the street about 5 or 6 inches One researcher believes the bullet fragmented after it hit Connallys rib, and exited his chest in two pieces. The shooter at RROP made the fatal shot. Dealey Plaza is the civic center of Dallas and was known as the front door to the city prior to Kennedys arrival in 1963. Visitors will see historic images, news footage, artifacts and original evidentiary areas. The motorcade, though, took a 10-mile route through downtown "in order to maximize Dallas's exposure to the president," as Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis wrote in their book Dallas 1963. 12:40 p.m. This footage includes the dramatic and sad moment when President Kennedy is pronounced dead by NBC newsman Frank McGee (as he . Tindel:My wife always contended he [Kennedy] was waving directly at me. 16 President Kennedy had a massive gunshot wound to the head. A jacketed bullet on the trajectory shown in the Croft photograph could pass through the rear section of the limousine and strike the pavement. Just after the gun shots rang out in Dealey Plaza the Dallas Police began combing the area around the assassination seen. Dealey Plaza /dili/ is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Charles Bronson Film. A free-standing brick elevator tower connects the center to the Sixth Floor Museum in the depository building. (A small plaque commemorating the assassination is located in the plaza.). caused by the actions of the police and other spectators in Dealey Plaza indicating the knoll and the depository . Other locations that have been proposed do not fit the totality of circumstances. One of the areas the police focused on was a parking lot behind the stockade fence that was up on a grassy incline near the street where the motorcade was when the shots began. I believe in a throat to back trajectory. There is also a grassy knoll on the northwest side of . Whatever the man picked up was never seen again. Roy Schaeffers hypothesis is that this was way too convenient a spot where a weapon could have been stashed away after the deed, and I cannot agree more. 112. A shot to the pavement behind the limousine is addressed in the narrative on shot #2. In frame Z205 debris fragments are flying away from the sign. Witnesses are famous for inventing information. They scheduled 45 minutes for the 10-mile trip, but huge crowds of spectators slowed the motorcade, which crawled through Dealey Plaza at just 10 mph in the moments before Kennedy was shot. Figure 1.Diagram of Dealey Plaza, showing the path of the motorcade (dashed line); the location of the assassin on the 6th floor of the TSBD; three locations of the presidential limousine corresponding roughly to its locations when the three shots were fired from the TSBD; the location of the pergola where A. Zapruder stood while filming the assassination; and other relevant details. It would also produce an exit wound in Kennedys left forehead or face. The crack in the windshield appears at Z268 for the first time, which places the shot after Connally and before the Kennedy head shot. There was also a tactical reason for choosing the 6.5 mm Mannlicher-Carcano and that is described in the narrative. That's why the Vice President was not in the pictures taken of his car. Knowing that the FBI would manage the cover story, I believe the assassination planners were more concerned with killing the President than with giving the FBI a clean crime scene. Tague said he heard the weak first shot that sounded like a firecracker. Ellis: I would say from a shot, one of the shots that was shot at the President, one of them However, it appears that he heard two shots before he was injured and a third shot after he was injured. As shots rang out in Dealey Plaza, a reporter riding in the motorcade filed a dispatch saying police thought the gunfire came from the right rear of the presidents limo, probably from a grassy knoll to which police rushed, according to a timeline of news coverage compiled by the Sixth Floor Museum, now housed in the Texas School Book Depository. That is the only shot trajectory which obeys the unique layout found in Dealey Plaza. The TSBDE shooter couldnt hit anything and he will fire again right after the head shot. However, it is clear that the shooters were confident of their ability to control the crime scene. agent thats no bullet hole that a fragment. Mary Muchmore Film. Open in Google Maps. Witt says he was at Dealey Plaza the day of JFK's assassination in 1963, with the intention of heckling Kennedy, not killing him. But it was necessary for me to do that in order to have close proximity to Mrs. Kennedy. He sold the rights for $150,000 plus royalties, according to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaz, Conspiracy theories raged around the identity of the Umbrella Man. Despite sunny weather in Dallas that day, a man was captured in photographs holding an open black umbrella over his head as Kennedys limousine passed by. The interval between shots is so brief (1.4 seconds) that the second shot was probably accidental; it was certainly inaccurate. These twenty-two items were arranged to correspond to my scenario of eight shots. Journalists and other social media users shared photos of the crowds on Twitter and questioned supporters of the conspiracy theory. The then Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were there. The reasoning is that, since Connally held on to his hat, the first bullet that hit him did not shatter his wrist. In the attached gift shop, you can get a signed print of Jackson's infamous photo of Ruby shooting Oswald for $250, one of the pricier items from a . I remember thinking he just looked as if he had a slight headache. From Z207 until Z229 there are lines of debris on the back of the sign and in the air near the sign. [21][b] He then entered the nearby book depository building to find a telephone to file his report. Holland was watching the presidential motorcade approach Dealey Plaza from a perch on top of a bridge known as The Triple Underpass. I assume that the TSBDE shooter used the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, which FBI analysts said shot high. Today, the plaza is typically visited daily by tourists. Just really a great couple that had a rapport with the crowd. The recording is noisy with static. During those ten seconds the shooter at TSBDE shot twice and missed. Bobby Hargis, a Dallas policeman who was riding a Harley-Davidson as a police escort, dismounted his motorcycle and ran up the grassy knoll where he believed shots had been fired. The top of the Dal-Tex Building fails as a location with ease of escape. [2][3], The Dealey Plaza Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993 and designated a National Historic Landmark the same year. But then suddenly governor Connally was yelling, Oh, no, no, no., Zapruder:And as I was shooting, as the president was coming down from Houston Street making his turn, it was about halfway down there, I heard a shot, and he slumped to the side, like this. By 2:15 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald, a new employee at the Book Depository, was arrested for JFK's assassination, as well as for the fatal 1:15 p.m. shooting of Dallas patrolman J.D. Location:Edmonton. Other researchers believe in a back to throat trajectory or a throat to back trajectory. Agent Roy Kellerman said that a flurry of shells came into the car. The sixth shot struck the frame, the windshield and the mirror in rapid succession. The shooter at GKF hit President Kennedy once and missed once. During photography, that wound was covered by folded skin. Eighth Shot From TSBDE to the manhole on the south side of Elm Street. Jacqueline Kennedy:And we went to shake hands with them. "Sniper Kills Kennedy," headlined the Albuquerque Journal. I believe the GKF shooter hit the President in the throat and quickly took a second shot. The fatal shots were fired into the limo at 12:30pm on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza. Additional properties within the district are also RTHLs. A forensic analysis of the head shot (Sherry Gutierrez Fiester, op. I do not believe this item indicates a gunshot, which I will explain in the narrative. This suggests that the DTB shooter fired after the throat shot. The furrow could have nothing to do with the assassination. This north grassy knoll is adjacent to the former Texas School Book Depository building along the Elm Street abutment side street to the northeast, Elm Street, and a sidewalk to the south, a parking lot to the north and east and a railroad bridge atop the triple underpass convergence of Commerce, Main and Elm streets to the west. This photograph by Ike Altgens (Atlgens 6) is from Richard Trasks That Day in Dallas (1998). That. JFK Homicide: Forensic Analysis in the JFK Assassination. Conspiracy theorists have suggested that this figure is a sniper firing a weapon at the President . For other uses, see. And I remember thinking it would be so cool under that tunnel Well, that is when she said to president Kennedy, You certainly cant say that the people of Dallas havent given you a nice welcomeI think he saidI dont know if I remember it or I have read itNo, you certainly cant, or something. Dallas County Records Building (RTHL #6668. This shot went through the windshield before striking JFK: Using the articles logic, you know a bullet went through the windshield, a bit left of center, knicked (sic) the left side of the Presidents tie, damaged the left side of the trachea, and scarred Elm Street after it exited the neck. I guess there was a noise, but it didnt seem like any different noise really because there is so much noise, motorcycles and things. 3 The City of Dallas cut out the section of curb with the bullet mark shortly after the Breneman & West survey was completed. That was one of the darkest days in US History. However the angle of his shot would have been around eighty degrees. They gave us flowers. So stop, said about 10 on the front end, and 10-20 at the back. If the DTB shooter fired before the throat shot, Tague would have felt the sting before he heard the second shot. Freeman: At that time? Two and a half seconds later came the shot to Kennedys head, hence the impression of numerous shots. 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The mark disappeared amid road work this week in . 20 There was a furrow in the grass near the manhole on the south curb of Elm Street just west of the north pergola. There is a hint of deformation on the edge of the sign and you can see the back of a blond womans head. The presence of a bullet hole in the windshield of the limousine was witnessed at Parkland Hospital by motorcycle patrolmen Sargent Stavis Ellis, James Chaney, and Harry Freeman. I remember seeing a map that shows where everyone was located at the time of the shooting in Dealey Plaza on this forum years ago but I can't find it through search. The exception was the Texas School Book Depository, which was chosen to incriminate Oswald and not for its desirability as a shooting location. But they just seemed to be taller and bigger and just vivacious. You do not know the caliber of the bullet nor where the shooter stood, knelt or lay prone. Whitney: It really was a hole and not a crack (17:24) 600 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202, USA. John Connally, who . A show of unity over two days in Texas was necessary if Kennedy had any hope of winning again in 1964. And you know then the car was very slow and there werent very many people around. Some witnesses said they saw smoke or sparks. Dealey Plaza is bounded on the south, east, and north sides by 100+ foot (30+ m) tall buildings. Situated in one corner of Dealey Plaza was a red brick office building that was, at the time, leased to the Texas School Book Depository Company, which distributed text books to high schools. We could have probably made it faster in a car. There is also a grassy knoll on the northwest side of the plaza. The Dallas Times Herald, which covered the assassination in its own city, included the shooting of Texas governor: "President Dead. So I would get up on the back of the car occasionally to be as close to her as I could. The wounds are established facts. And I knew the president didnt like us up on the back of the car. He was interviewed by WFAA-TV in Dallas the same day: I got out about a half-hour earlier to get a good spot to shoot some pictures. Some of the Mannlicher-Carcano ammunition possibly dated from World War II and the cartridge for shot #1 was weak either because of age or poor manufacture. Alternatively, the bullet may have split after it struck Connallys rib. View Dealey Plaza Interactive On ABC News.com. It is not easy to second-guess the Bethesda doctors but the logic of a single bullet causing both wounds is compelling. Used with permission of the artist. 7 Surveyor Chester Breneman reported hearing about a stress mark on the Stemmons Freeway sign that was caused by a bullet. The show, starring James Franco, has taken over Dealey Plaza and the . So he asked that I write his personal secretary and that she would send me an autographed picture and that would be my excuse for history class. Whitney: Did you look, get a look at the car at all once it got to the hospital? The Kennedy Memorial and Plaza is the only contributing property not in existence at the time of the assassination nor in view of its site. He heard the first shot and almost immediately recognized it. By Z230 the back of the sign has cleared up but the original mark is out of frame. The presidential limousine was a flashy new Lincoln Continental. The shooter behind Zapruders pedestal (see shots #2 & #4) might have had a view of Kennedys head in the red circle. [17][18][19][20], Smitty, who was the main UPI reporter covering the presidential motorcade and was seated in the front seat of the sixth car known as the White House Pool car or the wire car,[a] used a radiotelephone to file his report with the UPI office when shots had been fired at President Kennedy. 2 - The Breneman & West survey noted a bullet mark on the south curb of Elm Street across from the north pergola. Tague, who is known as "the accidental victim" in the Nov. 22, 1963 shooting, started doing his own research on the assassination and found that the piece of curbstone from Dealey Plaza had. "The Kennedy Assassination--Part 1" features two hours of NBC-TV as-it-is-happening news coverage from Friday, November 22, 1963 -- the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas, Texas, while riding in his open-top limousine through Dealey Plaza. James Tague is fortunate that his story made the Dallas newspapers or he would have been killed. The term "grassy knoll" was first used to describe this area by reporter Albert Merriman Smith, known as Smitty, of UPI, who was riding in the press "pool car" following 150 to 200 yards behind Kennedys car and had use of the car's radio-telephone. Whitney: You were quite sure it was a hole. Blood, bone and brain tissue exploded in all directions. To claim all that. 3 The second floor of the Dal-Tex Building DTB (Shots #3 & #6). At that angle from the sixth floor a bullet would ricochet over the bystanders, but there is no room in the scenario for another shot. John F Kennedy 'Braden, along with ex-convict Morgan Brown, was staying at the Cabana Motel, the same motel visited by (Jack)Ruby the night of November 21.' . This shot completes the picture of the totality of circumstances. The 26-second film often regarded as the most famous home movie in history was shot by a Texas dressmaker, Abraham Zapruder, 58 years old at the time. At that time, I dubbed this position the cubby hole. For many years researchers believed that the shot to the Presidents head came from GKF. The shooter at TSBDW shot once and hit Governor Connally. I took the photograph from the south curb on Elm Street across from the north pergola, Photograph by James Altgens (Zapruder frame 255). No blood or anything. "The Grassy Knoll" redirects here. I had previously posted it in multiple parts due to Youtube's time restrictions which have been rece. The JFK assassination led to a probe by the office of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison an investigation recreated by Oliver Stone for the 1991 movie "JFK" but a crucial piece of evidence supporting the team's theory linking the CIA to President John F. Kennedy 's murder was found too late! I was guided by several assumptions. The 'Babushka Lady is a nickname for an unknown woman present during the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy who might have photographed the events that occurred in Dallas' Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot. I showed it to Chaney at the On November 22, 1963, railroad worker S.M. The TSBDW shooter had just shot Governor Connally at Z224. Zapruder's home movie film would be the only known recording to capture the entire assassination. 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