Start at 214 West Neeley Street in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas. The backyard here was where the controversial photos of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and a handful of communist newspapers were taken. Conspiracy theorists say the shadow on Oswald's face is consistent with a photo taken at noon, while the shadow stretching behind his body is more suited to the afternoon. This, they say, is a good indication that the photo has been doctored.
Head to 1026 North Beckley Avenue in Dallas, where Oswald was renting a room while separated from his wife, Marina. On the morning of November 22, a co-worker picked up Oswald at this address. Oswald was carrying an oblong package which he claimed contained curtain rods. At about this time, Kennedy's plane was arriving at Love Field at 8008 Cedar Springs Road.
Go downtown to the Texas School Book Depository Building at 411 Elm. Oswald worked in the building, and the offcial Warren Commission report on the assassination claimed that Oswald shot Kennedy from a window on the building's sixth floor. Today the sixth floor is open as a museum about the assassination, with a display depicting the assassin's perch. Just southwest of the building is Dealey Plaza, through which Kennedy's motorcade was passing when he was assassinated. Off to the northwest is the pergola in front of which Abraham Zapruder stood while filming a home movie of the assassination. Between the pergola and the triple overpass is the grassy knoll, from which conspiracy theorists and many people who were in the plaza that day believe a second shooter was stationed.
Drive over to Parkland Hospital Emergency Room at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard. This is where Kennedy was taken after the shooting, where he died and where his autopsy was performed. His coffin was taken to Love Field, where Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president.
Return to 1026 North Beckley Avenue, where Oswald went after leaving the depository, traveling by bus, taxi and on foot. Oswald supposedly grabbed a pistol here, ran back outside and caught another bus.
Continue to the intersection of Tenth Street and Patton Avenue. It was here that Oswald, after getting off the bus, shot Officer J.D. Tippit. Oswald then wandered around and loitered at the entrance to the Hardy Shoe Store at 213 West Jefferson Avenue. His suspicious behavior aroused the attention of employees, who called the police. Oswald then slipped into the Texas Theater at 231 West Jefferson Avenue, where the Audie Murphy movie "War is Hell" was playing. Oswald was arrested there shortly afterward.
Proceed downtown to 1312 1/2 Commerce, the site of Jack Ruby's Carousel Club. There is a park and a Southwestern Bell office building on the spot now. It was from here that Ruby went to the Dallas City Hall at 2001 Commerce Street, where he shot Oswald in the basement garage while Oswald was in the process of being transferred to the Dallas County Jail. Oswald was then rushed to the same emergency room at Parkland Hospital to which Kennedy had been taken two days before.
Finish your tour at the Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Burial Park at 7301 East Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas, where Oswald and his mother, Marguerite, are buried. The main entrance gate is on the south. Continue along the west side road. At the fork in the road you'll see a mausoleum bearing the name "Shannon." Just northwest of this, cross over to the west side of the road and align yourself with the tan-colored house just beyond the cemetery. Walk about 20 feet west and you should see a red granite stone marked "OSWALD," next to the stone of someone named "Nick Beef."
