Texas School Book DepositoryThe Texas School Book Depository, later known as the Dallas County Administration Building and now "The Sixth Floor Museum", is a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was working as an employee at the building when he assassinatedUnited States PresidentJohn F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Official government investigations concluded that Oswald shot Kennedy from a sixth floor window on the building's southeastern corner.
Lee Harvey OswaldLee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran, who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at age twelve for truancy, during which he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed" because of the lack of normal family life.
John F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Nellie ConnallyIdanell Brill Connally (néeBrill; February 24, 1919 – September 1, 2006) was the First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969. She was the wife of John Connally, who served as Governor of Texas and later as Secretary of the Treasury. She and her husband were passengers in the Presidential limousine carrying United States PresidentJohn F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
John ConnallyJohn Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a Democrat and became a Republican in 1973. Connally was born in Floresville, Texas, in 1917 and pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dealey PlazaDealey Plaza, named after George Dealey, is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas", and was the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
President of the United StatesThe president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The power of the presidency has grown since the first president, George Washington, took office in 1789.
MotorcadeA motorcade, or autocade, is a procession of motor vehicles, which can be used for ceremonial processions, funerals or demonstrations, or to provide security while transporting a very important person. The American presidential motorcade is an example of both and is a staple of public appearances by the president of the United States.
DallasDallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in northern Texas, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Along with the city of Fort Worth, Dallas anchors the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and the most populous metropolitan area in Texas, at 8.5 million people.
AssassinationAssassination is murder by a sudden or secret attack, often for political reasons, particularly when the victim is a prominent political figure. A person who commits an assassination is called an assassin. EtymologyThe word assassin was used in medieval Europe for the Nizari Ismailis. European forms of the word were based on variants of the Arabic ḥašiši (plural ḥašišiya), pejorative terms used for the Nizaris by their opponents.
Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisFirst Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the previously mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into being a historical site.
United States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the naval infantry service branch of the United States Armed Forces. The service is responsible for conducting and amphibious warfare through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
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