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Photos: JFK assassination tourism

November 19, 2013 3:53PM ET

Fifty years after the shooting of the John F. Kennedy, Dealey Plaza remains a powerful draw

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Tourists form Quebec, Canada visit Dallas’s Dealey Plaza October 10, 2013. The Texas Book Depository building, where Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed John F. Kennedy, is behind them.
Tourists form Quebec, Canada visit Dallas’s Dealey Plaza October 10, 2013. The Texas Book Depository building, where Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed John F. Kennedy, is behind them. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
The window where Lee Harvey Oswald stood on November 22, 1963 is now an exhibit at the the Sixth Floor Museum, which explores the history behind the assassination of JFK.
The window where Lee Harvey Oswald stood on November 22, 1963 is now an exhibit at the the Sixth Floor Museum, which explores the history behind the assassination of JFK. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
The view from the window where Lee Harvey Oswald fired. An X marks the approximate spot where Kennedy was struck by the fatal bullet.
The view from the window where Lee Harvey Oswald fired. An X marks the approximate spot where Kennedy was struck by the fatal bullet. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
A visitor photographs the X marking the spot where Kennedy was struck.
A visitor photographs the X marking the spot where Kennedy was struck. LM Otero/AP
A trolley tour that traces the November 22, 1963 path of JFK’s motorcade passes by the grassy knoll on its way through Dealey Plaza.
A trolley tour that traces the November 22, 1963 path of JFK’s motorcade passes by the grassy knoll on its way through Dealey Plaza. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
A model that was used by the Warren Commission to illustrate the angles of the shots taken by Lee Harvey Oswald is now an exhibit at the Sixth Floor Museum.
A model that was used by the Warren Commission to illustrate the angles of the shots taken by Lee Harvey Oswald is now an exhibit at the Sixth Floor Museum. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
A vendor sells JFK assassination-themed publications in Dealey Plaza.
A vendor sells JFK assassination-themed publications in Dealey Plaza. LM Otero/AP
A reporter films a segment in the basement garage where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot on Nov. 24, 1963 by Jack Ruby in the old Dallas City Hall.
A reporter films a segment in the basement garage where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot on Nov. 24, 1963 by Jack Ruby in the old Dallas City Hall. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Ornaments are offered for sale in the gift shop of the Sixth Floor Museum.
Ornaments are offered for sale in the gift shop of the Sixth Floor Museum. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Post cards of historic moments in the last days of the JFK presidency for sale in the museum gift shop.
Post cards of historic moments in the last days of the JFK presidency for sale in the museum gift shop. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
A bartender places a candle near a portrait of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in the Kennedy Room bar in Dallas, Texas.
A bartender places a candle near a portrait of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in the Kennedy Room bar in Dallas, Texas. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images