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Dealey Plaza

The Dallas assassination scene and its principal landmarks. This page combines historical context with 40 matching records drawn directly from the Kennedy Assassination History archive.

40 matching archive records 1963–1992 record span Open the full 1,932-record archive
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Historical context

Dealey Plaza: overview and significance

What happened?

Dealey Plaza lies at the western edge of downtown Dallas where Main, Commerce and Elm Streets converge toward the triple underpass. The Texas School Book Depository stands at the northeast side of the plaza, with the grassy knoll north of Elm Street.

Why was it important?

The compact geography of Dealey Plaza is essential to understanding witness accounts, photographic evidence, firing-position claims and the sequence of the motorcade during the shooting.

Archive records

Dealey Plaza timeline

The records below are selected from the 1,932-record JFK assassination archive and are rendered as static HTML in chronological order.

1963
1963 22nd November

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Clint Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital..

1963 22nd November

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Clint Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Secret Service agent Clint Hill was riding on the left front running board of the car immediately behind the Presidential limousine. Jumps onto the back of the limousine, pushes Mrs.

1963 22nd November

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

James Tague · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Tague later testifies that the first shot he recalled hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had already completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and then straightened out.

1963 22nd November

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

James Tague · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

1963 22nd November

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Buddy Walthers · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

1963 22nd November

Dallas Motorcade

Lyndon Baines Johnson · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Johnson traveled in the Dallas presidential motorcade behind President Kennedy's limousine when shots were fired in Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

Dealey Plaza Entry

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Mrs. Kennedy was riding beside the President as the motorcade entered Dealey Plaza and turned from Houston Street onto Elm Street.

1963 22nd November

Elm Street Bus Ride

Lee Harvey Oswald · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald boarded a Dallas bus after leaving the Depository and rode for only several minutes before getting off.

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Route

Howard Leslie Brennan · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Brennan, a 44-year-old steamfitter, watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Route

Howard Leslie Brennan · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Howard Leslie Brennan watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.

1963 22nd November

Motorcade Viewing

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly went outside the Texas School Book Depository to watch President Kennedy's motorcade pass through Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

No Established Dallas Presence

Frank Sturgis · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later official investigations did not establish that Sturgis was present in Dealey Plaza when President Kennedy was assassinated.

1963 22nd November

No Warren Commission Identification

Frank Sturgis · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Warren Commission did not identify Sturgis as a participant in President Kennedy's assassination or as one of the men detained near Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

Parkland Arrival With Governor

Nellie Connally · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · First Lady of Texas

Nellie Connally arrived at Parkland Hospital supporting the wounded Governor Connally, who had been lying in her arms during the race from Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

Parkland Hospital Arrival

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Jacqueline Kennedy arrived at Parkland Memorial Hospital with the mortally wounded President shortly after the Dealey Plaza shooting.

1963 22nd November

Parkland Memorial Hospital

Clint Hill · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Jumps onto the back of the limousine, pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and speeds to Parkland Memorial Hospital..

1963 22nd November

President Kennedy Head Wound

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Jacqueline Kennedy was beside the President when the fatal shot struck his head during the motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

1963 22nd November

Shots Heard in Dealey Plaza

Roy Truly · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly was outside the Depository when the shots were fired at President Kennedy and immediately reacted to the emergency.

1963 23rd November

Dealey Plaza Visit

Jack Ruby · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ruby said he visited Dealey Plaza on November 23, viewed memorial wreaths, and spoke with a police officer about the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Grassy Knoll

Ochus Campbell · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Texas School Book Depository

Ochus Campbell · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository.

1963 23rd November

Triple Underpass

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At the moment of the assassination Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository..

1963 23rd November

Triple Underpass

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr sees four men between his tower and Elm Street a middle-aged man and a younger man standing 10 to 15 feet apart near the Triple Underpass who did not seem to know each other.

1963 23rd November

Triple Underpass

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Lee Bowers also observed one or two uniformed parking lot attendants.

1963 23rd November

Triple Underpass

Lee Edward Bowers, Jr · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Lee Bowers had an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence above the grassy knoll.

1964
1964 March

Motorcade Evidence Review

Earl Warren · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Warren's commission studied the Dallas motorcade route, witness locations, presidential limousine evidence, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting in Dealey Plaza.

1964 June

Dealey Plaza Inspection

Earl Warren · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

During the commission's Dallas work, Warren examined Dealey Plaza and locations relevant to the reconstruction of the assassination.

1964 June

Warren Commission Testimony

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Jacqueline Kennedy provided testimony to the Warren Commission concerning what she saw and heard during the shooting in Dealey Plaza.

1964 August

Conspiracy Allegations Review

Earl Warren · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Warren's commission investigated numerous rumors, allegations, and theories concerning possible conspirators rather than limiting its inquiry to the physical evidence at Dealey Plaza.

1964

Counsel

Joseph A Ball · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Counsel

Joseph A Ball serves as assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and examines witness testimony from Dealey Plaza.

1964

Testimony

Nellie Connally · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · First Lady of Texas

Nellie Connally testifies to the Warren Commission about the presidential motorcade and the shots heard in Dealey Plaza.

1964

Testimony

John Bowden Connally Jr · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Governor

John Bowden Connally Jr testifies to the Warren Commission about his wounds and his recollection of the shots fired in Dealey Plaza.

1964

Testimony

Clint Hill · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Secret Service Agent

Clint Hill testifies to the Warren Commission about his actions during and immediately after the shooting in Dealey Plaza.

1964

Testimony

James Tague · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness

Testifies about being wounded near Dealey Plaza, evidence that figured in the Warren Commission's analysis of the number and path of shots.

1974
1974

Weberman and Canfield Photo Claim

Frank Sturgis · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Researchers Alan Weberman and Michael Canfield argued that photographs of Dealey Plaza detainees resembled E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis.

1975
1975 April

Rockefeller Photographic Comparison

Frank Sturgis · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Rockefeller Commission examined photographic comparisons used to claim that Sturgis was one of the three men detained near Dealey Plaza.

1977
1977

Photographic Evidence Review

HSCA Panel · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Photographic Panel

HSCA Panel reviews films and photographs related to Dealey Plaza evidence.

1982
1982

Badge Man

Gary Mack · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Labels this image Badge Man because the image shows what may appear to be a uniformed police officer wearing dark clothing and his police patrolmans metal badge. Gary Mack, the longtime curator and archivist for The 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (the former Texas School Book Depository) first claimed to discover the "Badge Man" image

1982

Texas School Book Depository

Gary Mack · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Gary Mack, the longtime curator and archivist for The 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (the former Texas School Book Depository) first claimed to discover the "Badge Man" image

1992
1992

Three Tramps Records Resolution

Frank Sturgis · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Released Dallas arrest records identified the three Dealey Plaza detainees as Gus Abrams, Harold Doyle, and John Gedney rather than Frank Sturgis.

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Last reviewed: September 2026.

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