Ray Addington Oral History

Object number2015.001.0058

Date04/12/2015

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Ray Addington

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 42 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ray Addington. As a high school senior, Addington briefly shook hands with President Kennedy as his motorcade passed by on Turtle Creek Boulevard in Dallas. Addington later served in the Vietnam War. Interview conducted at Mr. Addington's home in Boerne, Texas, on April 12, 2015, by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Although several people recall the rare opportunity to shake hands with President Kennedy in the Dallas motorcade, many of those individuals were standing along Lemmon Avenue near Dallas Love Field. Ray Addington's position further along the route on Turtle Creek Boulevard makes him one of the very last individuals to shake hands with President Kennedy prior to the assassination. - Stephen Fagin, Curator