Chicago – Today is the 60th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination, November 22nd, 1963. His alleged assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald. On that day in Dallas, Oswald was staying at a boarding house owned by the grandmother of Patricia Puckett-Hall. Hall was 11 years old at the time, and knew “Mr. Lee.”
The boarding house, owned by Gladys Johnson, was located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, at 1026 North Beckley Avenue. After allegedly shooting the president, Oswald (Lho) took a cab to the house and rushed in past housekeeper Earlene Roberts, and without saying a word – even though Roberts mentioned the shooting – he collected some items, including a pistol. From there he walked ten blocks and allegedly shot police officer J.D. Tippit, and eventually was captured a half mile away at the movie exhibitor the Texas Theatre.
Patricia Puckett-Hall in 1963 & Today (inset) and the Oswald Rooming House Museum
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.
The boarding house, owned by Gladys Johnson, was located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, at 1026 North Beckley Avenue. After allegedly shooting the president, Oswald (Lho) took a cab to the house and rushed in past housekeeper Earlene Roberts, and without saying a word – even though Roberts mentioned the shooting – he collected some items, including a pistol. From there he walked ten blocks and allegedly shot police officer J.D. Tippit, and eventually was captured a half mile away at the movie exhibitor the Texas Theatre.
Patricia Puckett-Hall in 1963 & Today (inset) and the Oswald Rooming House Museum
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.
- 11/22/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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