Six recollections of JFK’s assassination

This Oct. 30, 2013 photo shows an image taken Nov. 21, 1963, of U.S. President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with 22 prominent Houstonians after he and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived at Houston International Airport, juxtaposed against the current William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. Kennedy was assassinated the following day.

In this Nov. 21, 1963 black and white photo, U.S. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with 22 prominent Houstonians after he and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Houston International Airport, now the William P. Hobby Airport. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

This Nov. 7, 2013 photo shows an image taken Nov. 21, 1963, of people lining Travis Street near Rusk Street to see U.S. President John F. Kennedy's motorcade during a visit to Houston, juxtaposed against the current scene in Houston.

This Nov. 21, 1963 image is of people lining Travis Street to see Kennedy’s motorcade in Houston, juxtaposed against the current scene in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

More people lining Travis Street to see Kennedy's motorcade in Houston, juxtaposed against the same spot in 2013.

More people lining Travis Street to see Kennedy’s motorcade in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle employees leaning out the window waiting on President John. F. Kennedy's motorcade, juxtaposed against the current scene in Houston.

An image of Houston Chronicle employees leaning out the window waiting on Kennedy’s same motorcade. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

Nov. 21, 1963, of University of Houston Phi Kappa Theta fraternity members joining the crowd outside the Rice Hotel to greet their fraternal alumni brother President John F. Kennedy

University of Houston Phi Kappa Theta frat brothers rush to greet their frat alumni brother, Kennedy, at the Rice Hotel Nov. 21, 1963. Kennedy was assassinated the following day. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the Grand Ballroom at the Rice Hotel, juxtaposed against the current parking garage at the Rice Hotel, in Houston

Kennedy and the First Lady in the Grand Ballroom of Rice Hotel, against today’s parking garage at the Rice Hotel in Houston. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

pectators lying on the ground in Dealey Plaza as a motorcycle police officer drives by immediately after the shooting of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, juxtaposed outside of the current day Elm Street, in Dallas.

Spectators lay on the ground in Dealey Plaza as a motorcycle cop drives by immediately after the Kennedy shooting in Dallas. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

Nov. 22, 1963, of Jackie Kennedy and Secret Service agent Clint Hill climbing on the back of the limousine after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was shot, juxtaposed with the current scene in Dallas.

The Nov. 22, 1963 photo captures Jackie Kennedy and Secret Service agent Clint Hill climbing onto the back of the limousine after Kennedy was shot. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

police and detectives guarding the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository building less than an hour after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, juxtaposed against the current scene in Dallas.

Police and detectives guard the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository building less than an hour after Kennedy’s assassination Nov. 22, 1963. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle

Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, reacting as Dallas night club owner Jack Ruby, foreground, shoots at him from point blank range in a corridor of Dallas Police Headquarters

The Nov. 24, 1963 image shows Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy’s assassin, reacting as Dallas night club owner Jack Ruby, foreground, shoots at him from point blank range at Dallas Police Headquarters, against the Dallas Police Headquarters in 2013. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle