Living History with John Sparks
Join the Museum Friday, September 26, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. for a Living History event, part of the Museum’s series featuring childhood recollections. This series coincides with run of the special exhibition, Colorful Memories, November 22 Through a Child’s Eyes, a look at the Kennedy assassination through the lens of childhood. This month the Museum welcomes veteran Dallas/Fort Worth broadcast producer and journalist for more than four decades, John Sparks. Sparks saved the original WFAA-TV/Channel 8 films and videotapes of Kennedy assassination news coverage from being destroyed in the early 1980s. On November 22, 1963, as a trumpet player in the Eastern Hills High School band, Sparks performed at the presidential breakfast at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth. Included with Museum admission.
Living History | Lisa Lazo Herndon
Join the Museum on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. for a special Living History with Lisa Lazo Herndon. A thirteen-year-old Fort Worth native, Lisa Lazo Herndon had a brief personal encounter with Jackie Kennedy outside the ballroom at the Hotel Texas. During the 1960 election, her family was locally active with the Kennedy campaign. Included with Museum admission.