Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

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June Dishong journal

Ten-page journal handwritten by June Dishong the day of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. Some eyewitnesses to the assassination, like Ms. Dishong, quickly put their observations on paper either to remember or to share with family members or friends; some accounts, like this personal diary, went into great detail. According to her daughter, June Dishong rarely spoke of the assassination, saying only that thinking about it made her very sad.

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Object title:

June Dishong journal

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Eyewitnesses

Journals

Dishong, June

Dallas
Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm)

Credit line:

Margaret Taylor Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.041.0001

Curatorial Note:

Acquisition of the Dishong diary by the Museum came about with the help of Kennedy assassination researcher Don Roberdeau, who noticed a November 22, 1998 article about it in The Dallas Morning News. Ms. Dishong had passed away at age 90 and her heirs found it among her possessions. The diary was donated to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2004. - Gary Mack, Curator

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June Dishong journal

Ten-page journal handwritten by June Dishong the day of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dealey Plaza. Some eyewitnesses to the assassination, like Ms. Dishong, quickly put their observations on paper either to remember or to share with family members or friends; some accounts, like this personal diary, went into great detail. According to her daughter, June Dishong rarely spoke of the assassination, saying only that thinking about it made her very sad.

Object Details
Object title:

June Dishong journal

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Eyewitnesses

Journals

Dishong, June

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm)

Credit line:

Margaret Taylor Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2004.041.0001

Curatorial Note:

Acquisition of the Dishong diary by the Museum came about with the help of Kennedy assassination researcher Don Roberdeau, who noticed a November 22, 1998 article about it in The Dallas Morning News. Ms. Dishong had passed away at age 90 and her heirs found it among her possessions. The diary was donated to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2004. - Gary Mack, Curator

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