LOOKING DOWN HOUSTON AVENUE WITH THE DEALEY PLAZA ON THE RIGHT. LOOKING FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY ON THE CORNER OF HOUSTON & ELM STREET.
KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE WAS SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON MAIN STREET, CROSS HOUSTON AVENUE AND CONTINUE DIRECTLY THROUGH A TRIPLE OVERPASS. INSTEAD, THE MOTORCADE TURNED RIGHT ONTO HOUSTON AVENUE THEN LEFT ONTO ELM STREET.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1846.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1946.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1960.
THE NAME LINCOLN AND KENNEDY EACH CONTAIN SEVEN LETTERS.
BOTH WIVES LOST CHILDREN WHILE LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
BOTH WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS.
BOTH PRESIDENTS WERE SHOT ON FRIDAY.
BOTH WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD.
BOTH WERE ASSASSINATED BY SOUTHERNERS.
BOTH WERE SUCCEEDED BY SOUTHERNERS.
BOTH SUCCESSORS WERE NAMED JOHNSON.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809 IN KENTUCKY. HE WAS ASSASSINATED ON GOOD FRIDAY,
APRIL 14, 1865, JUST BEFORE
THE EASTER HOLIDAY.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS BORN MAY 29, 1917 IN MASSECHUSETTS. HE WAS ASSASSINATED ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, JUST BEFORE
THE THANKSGIVING HOLDAY.
EVERY TWENTY YEARS...
YEAR ELECTED
1840: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (DIED IN OFFICE)
1860: ABRAHAM LINCOLM (ASSASSINATED)
1880: JAMES A. GARFIELD (ASSASSINATED)
1900: WILLIAM MCKINLEY (ASSASSINATED)
1920: WARREN G. HARDING (DIED IN OFFCE)
1940: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (DIED IN OFFICE)
1960: JOHN F. KENNEDY (ASSASSINATED)
1980: RONALD REAGAN (SURVIVED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT)
2000: GEORGE W. BUSH (SURVIVED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
BY A GRENADE IN 2005-RUSSIA)
AND TO THINK WE HAD TWO GUYS DUKING IT OUT IN THE COURTS TO BE ELECTED IN 2000! LOOK AT'EM NOW IN 2008!
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1846.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1946.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860.
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1960.
ANDREW JOHNSON, WHO SUCCEEDED LINCOLN, WAS BORN IN 1808.
LYNDON JOHNSON, WHO SUCCEEDED KENNEDY, WAS BORN IN 1908.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH, REPORTEDLY ASSASSINATED LINCOLN.
LEE HARVEY OSWALD, REPORTEDLY ASSASSINATED KENNEDY.
BOTH ASSASSINS WERE KNOWN BY THREE NAMES.
BOTH NAMES CONTAINED FIFTEEN LETTERS.
BOOTH AND OSWALD WERE ASSASSINATED BEFORE THEIR TRIALS.
BOTH PRESIDENTS WERE FOREWARNED THROUGH DREAMS OF THEIR PLIGHT WITHIN A MONTH OF THEIR ASSASSINATIONS.
THIS IS THE JEFFRIES FILM THAT WAS TAKEN 90 SECONDS BEFORE THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED, KILLING PRESIDENT KENNEDY. THE FILM WAS DONATED IN FEBRUARY 2007 TO THE
HISTORIC LIBRARY-MUSEUM.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY SUSTAINED FATAL BULLET WOUNDS AFTER HIS LIMOUSINE TURNED ONTO ELM STREET WHERE THE INFAMOUS GRASSY KNOLL AND BOOK DEPOSITORY WERE LOCATED.
