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I was just down in Dallas, Texas. You know, you can go down there and to Dealey Plaza where Kennedy was assassinated. And you can actually go to the sixth floor of the Schoolbook Depository. It's a museum called : 'The Assassination Museum'. I think they named it that after the assassination. I can't be too sure of the chronology here, but : anyway, they have the window set up to look exactly like it did on that day. And it's really accurate, you know, 'cause Oswald's not in it.

Bill Hicks#15

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Comments on the irony of treating a murder site as a tourist attraction.
In plain terms
The place where Kennedy was killed is now a museum.
What can you take from it?
Historical tragedies often become tourist spots.

Where it applies

  • historical sites
  • public memory

Putting it to work

  • reflect on how we memorialize tragedy

Questions to consider

  • Should murder sites be museums?
  • How do we remember history?

Another view

Museums can educate without glorifying violence.

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