An Oral History of Fort Worth and the Kennedy Assassination

Next date: Saturday, April 05, 2025 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Do you have memories of JFK's 1963 visit to Fort Worth? Maybe just curious about his final days in Texas? If so, then join us this month when Stephen Fagin, Curator of the Sixth Floor Museum, brings us the story of the assassination from the Kennedy's arrival at Carswell AFB to the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald at Rose Hill Cemetery. 

Attend in person or watch via Zoom

Based on the remembrances of those who were there and supported by remarkable historic photographs from the museum collection, Fagin's narrative will highlight Fort Worth in the broader context of the assassination. The Museum’s ongoing Oral History Project, which includes 2,500 interviews, adds about 80 new contributions each year. If you remember the Kennedy's trip to Fort Worth, then come prepared. Your story could be the next addition to the collection.

Photo credit: Gene Gordon Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Register for FREE on Zoom here:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o7RshBJJTuSZg0s9_C-kmg

About the Presenter:

Stephen Fagin is Curator at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Since joining the staff in 2000, he has managed the institution’s ongoing Oral History Project and contributed to collections, exhibitions, education and programming initiatives. The author ofAssassination and Commemoration, Fagin is associate editor ofLegaciesDallas History Journal. As a content expert on the Kennedy assassination, he has appeared in numerous documentaries and television programs and given hundreds of media interviews, including appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Fagin holds degrees from SMU and the University of Oklahoma.

About the Series:

Presented in conjunction with The Center for Texas Studies at TCU, these workshops are aimed at increasing the historical awareness of the community. The series is designed to make the public aware of the important, yet often overlooked historical resources around them, and how to preserve them for posterity. The goal of the workshops is to prove that "every person is a historian," and that they can, by their deeds and actions, preserve a small part of the cultural and historical fabric of this region.

The Center for Texas Studies at TCU is designed to celebrate all that makes Texas distinctive. It is housed in AddRan College of Liberal Arts, where various disciplines and programs can act in concert to foster and nurture the essence of Texas. History is, of course, central, but Texas literature, anthropology, ethnography, politics, religions, philosophy and design and textiles all represent elements that are a part of the incredible mosaic of Texas.

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Location

Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional, 4001 Library Lane, Fort Worth 76109  View Map

32.689025,-97.3941219

4001 Library Lane , Fort Worth 76109

Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional

4001 Library Lane , Fort Worth 76109

An Oral History of Fort Worth and the Kennedy Assassination