Preparations under way for JFK assassination anniversary

No mention of course of the annual conferences held right off Dealey Plaza since 1994 and the Moment of Silence held on November 22 at the Grassy Knoll continuously since 1964. This is in preparation for the City of Dallas and their events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination by forgetting it. Their public relations effort wants to freeze history at 12:29 pm on November 22, 1963, just seconds before the first shot rings out, when the Texas Governor’s wife, Nellie Connally, turns around in her seat in the limousine after traveling through miles of waving and cheering crowds, to say “Well, Jack, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you!” By focusing solely on President Kennedy’s life and legacy and not his assassination, they hope to rewrite history and transform Dallas into the City of Love instead of the City of Hate as it was called afterwards in 1963. But public relations cannot silence the truth that his murder remains unsolved by Dallas police and press, by national media, by Congressional inquiries, and by Presidential panels because they will not cover the facts and make the obvious conclusions. Better to spruce up the murder scene one more time. Sort of like cleaning out the limousine afterwards, destroying the evidence and rebuilding the car. Or as some might be want to say, “Same pig, different lipstick”. America will not regain the trust of the world or its people until we can be honest with ourselves about who killed JFK and why, and what it means today. We are making preparations for the 50th anniversary as well with a major conference November 22-24 and our Moment of Silence as a visible reminder on the Grassy Knoll that “50 Years is Enough! Free the Files – Find the Truth” Be there with us in 2013.

Dallas County News

DALLAS — Work is now under way to restore Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.

The work is starting on the plaza’s south side, with the north side next, as the city prepares for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy next year.

As restoration work begins, there are are also plans finalizing a big dedication for next week’s 49th anniversary in Oak Cliff, where Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippit died was slain by Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

From a distance, Dealey Plaza hasn’t changed much over the decades. But construction fences up Monday on the plaza’s south side showed that changes for the better are coming.

“It just means being very honored to work here,” said Juan Sales, superintendent of the project by Phoenix 1 Restoration of Dallas. “I did that area right over there as well, so it is a great honor to be doing some stuff like this.”

A closer look shows how weather and neglect really changed the plaza, with paint peeling off the south pergola. Workers will remove the previous coats and repaint.

This second phase of restoration will cost $1.4 million, an amount covered by city and private funds.

While that work begins, just a few finishing touches remain a few miles away in Oak Cliff for the dedication of a Texas Historical Commission marker next Tuesday at 10th and Patton Streets, where Officer Tippit died.

The marker, spearheaded by the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League, will be on a corner of the new Adamson High School campus through an arrangement with the Dallas ISD.

“Another family lost somebody that day, and he was lost protecting his country and his city and Oak Cliff,” said OOCCL’s Michael Amonett. “It’s the right thing to do.”

Back at Dealey Plaza, the north pergola will be fenced off in mid-December for about a month, likely disappointing thousands of holiday tourists who won’t get all possible views of the plaza.

But the goal is to get all the work finished by the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. “You’ve got to be a perfectionist to do this kind of work,” Salas said. “Everybody is looking at it, all the time… everybody is looking at it.”

All of the restoration should be done by April, 2013.