Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Living History with Jan Sittel and Betty Duke-Rudh

April 25, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.

Join the Museum on Friday, April 25, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. for a Living History program with motorcade eyewitnesses Jan Sittel and Betty Duke Rudh. Sittel and Duke-Ruhd were both sixteen-year-old juniors at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas in 1963. Jan shook hands with the President and Mrs. Kennedy arrive at Dallas Love Field, while Betty and her family observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. Moderated by Museum Curator Stephen Fagin in the Seventh Floor Gallery, free with Museum admission.

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Date:
April 25, 2025
Time:
1:00 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
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Venue

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
411 Elm St.
Dallas, TX 75202 United States
Phone
214.747.6660
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