Kennedy assassinated on Elm Street

Dealey Plaza · Dallas, Texas, United States · 1963-11-22

President John F. Kennedy was shot at 12:30 p.m. on 22 November 1963 as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza below the Texas School Book Depository. The plaza's 1930s street layout is essentially unchanged, which is why it remains the most scrutinised crime scene in American history; the sixth-floor corner window is now a museum.

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