Post by 101ABN on Nov 17, 2013 15:30:07 GMT -8
DETROIT -- As artifacts of landmark American events go, it's a tragic superstar.
"If the 20th century was the age of the automobile, there's no more iconic car than the JFK convertible," said noted historian Douglas Brinkley. "It's the one artifact of the Kennedy assassination that kind of reigns supreme."
The 1961 four-door Lincoln Continental limousine that President John F. Kennedy was riding in on Nov. 22, 1963, when shots rang out in Dallas' Dealey Plaza is one of the most popular exhibits at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
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"If the 20th century was the age of the automobile, there's no more iconic car than the JFK convertible," said noted historian Douglas Brinkley. "It's the one artifact of the Kennedy assassination that kind of reigns supreme."
The 1961 four-door Lincoln Continental limousine that President John F. Kennedy was riding in on Nov. 22, 1963, when shots rang out in Dallas' Dealey Plaza is one of the most popular exhibits at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
Read the rest here:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/17/jfks-limo-an-enduring-symbol-of-a-dark-day/3614865/