/internal/media/dispatcher/55138/fullRay Addington Oral History04/12/2015Duration: 42 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2015.001.00580Videotaped 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 Addington's home in Boerne, Texas on April 12, 2015 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 42 minutes long.Oral Histories655760E-100E-1044038Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.Oral historiesMotorcadeStudentYouthTurtle Creek BoulevardVietnamDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Vietnam (OHC)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 Ray Addington passed away on December 27, 2015. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger