/internal/media/dispatcher/72366/fullWinston Lawson Oral History09/05/2003112 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2003.001.00290Videotaped oral history interview with Winston Lawson. A United States Secret Service agent assigned to White House detail during the Kennedy years, Mr. Lawson was in charge of security in Dallas and did ten days of advance work before the presidential party’s arrival. In the motorcade, he rode in the lead car with Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 5, 2003 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-two minutes long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories6381424673Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Winston Lawson. A United States Secret Service agent assigned to White House detail during the Kennedy years, Mr. Lawson was in charge of security in Dallas and did ten days of advance work before the presidential party’s arrival. In the motorcade, he rode in the lead car with Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 5, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-two minutes long.Oral historiesTrip to TexasLawson, Winston G.Kennedy, John F.Secret ServiceDallasWashington, D.C.White House and State Officials (OHC)Mr. Lawson was the first U.S. Secret Service agent to participate in the Museum's Oral History Project. In the years since, more than a dozen other agents have added their stories to this archive. Mr. Lawson's interview was one of several featured by C-SPAN Radio and TV during the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination in 2003. He passed away on November 7, 2019. - Stephen Fagin, Curator