John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza

One very important site in Main Street, Dallas, Texas is this place. 200 yards from this place is where JFK got shot. Simple and yet touches one's heart when you see this place. Still sad to remember that the President of the United Stated was assassinated here.

The JFK memorial was a somber reminder of what JFK left behind in Dallas. It is a memorial built with no spectacular attraction to it. You just look at an open air box with seating in the center and wonder what it come have had become.

A very solemn place with great historical significance. The monument is interesting, but I thought there might be a bit more to see than there was.

Needs a good power wash, but it’s massive and moving nonetheless. As you walk through the openings, the spots within reach are smoothed down from the millions of hands and hearts that have come before to pay homage to the life and the light that was John F. Kennedy.

The kind of outdoor free monument that is a testament to time, structure, and perspective of sanity. Some humans certainly need to see this more than others. JFK RIP.

The JFK Memorial Plaza is along Main Street across from Founders Plaza, around 200 yards from where the President was assassinated. At the centre of the plaza is a grand monument to the late President, the work of architect Philip Johnson and was inaugurated in 1970. What you see here is an example of modern architecture, an open cenotaph style monument design with 30 feet tall walls and 50 feet square in scale. There is also a simple black granite slab with the President's name engraved at centre. You can walk inside the monument and spend time in reflection.

The memorial is a solemn place to think and reflect on JFK’s assassination. The grounds are clean and peaceful in the early morning before the crowds arrive. However, we were expecting more of a memorial, maybe even a statue of JFK. With the magnitude of this historical event, we thought there would be more. Maybe there was in the past.

The view, tranquility, and openness of the monument collectively evoke the past, present, and future, inviting reflection within one’s imagination.