Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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2025 Blue Star Museum Program

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas

Offering free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve. The 2025 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17, 2025 and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2025.

Living History | Gage Mace

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm St., Dallas

Join the Museum Friday. August 29, 2025 for Living History with artist Gage Mace from Portland, Oregon. Mace responded to the Kennedy assassination in the early 1990s by painting a life-size triptych of the tragedy, inspired by the Zapruder film. He donated the fourteen-foot-long piece to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2020.

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