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Texas school book depository jfks fateful trip to texas. Help us provide them with lifechanging therapeutic services. Employee lee harvey oswald shot and killed president kennedy from a sixth floor window on the buildings southeastern corner. Texas schoolbook depository building dallas tx 2 flickr. He was a fellow in the texas state historical association and the texas. Photo of sixth floor museum at dealey plaza former texas book depository dallas, tx. Find hotels near texas school book depository, us online.
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