Ronnie Martin Oral History
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Ronnie Martin Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Ronnie Martin. The band director at Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth in 1963, Martin led his students in playing "Hail to the Chief" for President Kennedy at the Hotel Texas breakfast on the morning of the assassination. A Kennedy supporter, Martin assisted the Secret Service as they made security arrangements for the president's visit to Fort Worth. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 25, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Ronnie Martin Oral History
09/25/2007
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2007.001.0077
Ronnie Martin passed away on November 15, 2018. To date, three of his 1963 band students who performed at the Fort Worth breakfast have recorded oral histories with the Museum: William Cravens, Ross Reinwald and John Sparks. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Ronnie Martin Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Ronnie Martin. The band director at Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth in 1963, Martin led his students in playing "Hail to the Chief" for President Kennedy at the Hotel Texas breakfast on the morning of the assassination. A Kennedy supporter, Martin assisted the Secret Service as they made security arrangements for the president's visit to Fort Worth. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 25, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Ronnie Martin Oral History
09/25/2007
Fort Worth breakfast
Fort Worth
Trip to Texas
Oral histories
Martin, Ronnie
Hotel Texas
Texas
Fort Worth (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
Duration: 55 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2007.001.0077
Ronnie Martin passed away on November 15, 2018. To date, three of his 1963 band students who performed at the Fort Worth breakfast have recorded oral histories with the Museum: William Cravens, Ross Reinwald and John Sparks. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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