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BERLIN, GERMANY: A local resident walks past police photos of US President John F. Kennedy's presumed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, displayed at Berlin's "Lee Harvey Oswald" bar 24 November 2003. Oswald was in his turn shot two days after Kennedy, on 24th November 2003. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

Oswald’s Former Dallas Home Up For Sale

A nook with just enough space for a bed has made a Dallas boarding house a point of fascination for 50 years, because of the man who occupied it in 1963 was Lee Harvey Oswald.

2013/05/31

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DFW Exhibit Shows Last Art Seen By JFK

Artist Jack Zajac says that learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling “reverential.”

2013/05/23

Former Dallas Police Department detective James R. Leavelle. (credit: KRLD)

Detective Who Escorted Oswald At DPD Honored By Department

From this point forward, the Dallas Police Department’s detective of the year award has a new name. During a ceremony Tuesday police Chief David Brown announced, “The detective of the year award will be named the James Leavelle Detective of the Year Award.”

CBSDFW.COM–2013/05/14

Dallas Police Honor Detective Cuffed To Oswald

The man in the cowboy hat handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot by Jack Ruby, is set to receive the police commendation award.

2013/05/14

JFK Assassination Objects On Display In D.C.

Some never-before-seen artifacts from the minutes following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination are going on display in Washington.

2013/04/11

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TLC Making Film On “Letters To Jackie”

The TLC network is making a movie about some of the 800,000 condolence letters that were sent to the widow of former President John F. Kennedy after his 1963 assassination.

2013/04/04

Oswald Apartment Building Coming Down

The walls are to come tumbling down on an apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald once lived in Dallas.

2013/01/14

Opera To Look At JFK’s Final Day

The Fort Worth Opera has commissioned an opera that deals with the final day of President John F. Kennedy’s life before his 1963 assassination in Dallas.

2013/01/10

President John F. Kennedy and wife Jackie riding in his motorcade through the streets of Downtown Dallas on November 22, 1963

JFK’s Last Night Recalled As Key Event For Latinos

President John F. Kennedy was supposed to just stop by and wave hello. Instead, a group of eager Latinos persuaded him to come inside and speak to a packed room of Mexican-American civil rights activists.

2012/11/26

President John F. Kennedy laughs during a press conference. (credit: National Archive/Newsmakers/Getty images)

Marker Unveiled For Officer Slain After JFK Assassination

Dallas police and schools officials are dedicating a historical marker to the police officer shot by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

2012/11/20

Dallas To Detail Plans To Commemorate JFK

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is set to give details on how the city plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary next year of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

2012/11/20

Official Dedication Of Fort Worth JFK Tribute Exhibit

Thursday morning leaders from across the city of Fort Worth gathered for the formal dedication of the new JFK Tribute. The permanent exhibit highlights the events of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy just hours before the fateful events in Dallas.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/11/08