Dealey Plaza, dedicated in 1936 as the "Front Door of Dallas," is remembered as the site of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963. It was the end of the presidential motorcade before Stemmons Freeway and the Dallas Trade Mart, where Kennedy was to speak at a luncheon. The site was historically significant before 1963 as the birthplace of Dallas, originally founded by John Neely Bryan in the 1840s. Its familiar architectural structures were built nearly a century later as a WPA project, and the park was named for Dallas Morning News publisher George Bannerman Dealey, a civic leader and champion of city planning.

Photo: Kayla Harper

Photo: Thomas Smith

Photo: Kayla Harper