Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Differently Dallas

Dallas, Texas, is the state’s largest city, and has seen significant moments of history over the decades. As you and your group move around Dallas in your charter bus, coach bus, party bus, mini bus, passenger coach or school bus chartered from Bus Charter Dallas, put something a little different on your travel itinerary. Changes in schedule are something your charter bus driver can accommodate with ease, allowing you take your charter bus through Dallas and Texas according to your whim and fancy.
The most significant moment in Dallas history occurred in 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza on November 22nd by Lee Harvey Oswald. Head over in your charter and visit the Texas Book Depository, where Oswald hid on the sixth floor of the southwest corner of the building to take the fateful shot. The Sixth Floor, as the place is now called, preserves the sniper’s nest that Oswald built, and is supposedly laid out exactly the way it was the day he fired shot. Inside, charter bus visitors will also find exhibits and collections regarding that day, including photographs, film and other memorabilia, including a copy of the infamous Zapruder film, showing the assassination in its entirety.
As you step out of The Sixth Floor, before heading back to your charter bus, take a walk around Dealey Plaza. For years, the city of Dallas was undecided as to what was to become of the plaza, because of its association with President Kennedy’s assassination. The matter was settled in 1993, when the area was declared a national historic district. This meant that nothing could be changed or developed in the area externally, leaving Dealey Plaza looking much the way it did on the day of Kennedy’s death. Visitors can sprawl on the grassy knoll where the alleged second shot was fired, or try to spot the small "x" on the Elm Street pavement that marks the spot where at least one bullet hit the President. Vendors on the street sell fake newspapers dated 11/22/1963, with headlines about the assassination.
For more on the 60s, take a charter bus trip to the Eight-track Museum. This music format will be unfamiliar to anyone born in the 1980s onwards, but back in the 60 and 70s, was the only way to play recorded music in your car. The brainchild of record store owner and music producer Bucks Burnett, the houses about 3,000 cartridges, of which about a thousand are on display at any one time. Burnett has been collecting since 1988, when he realized that this particular music format would one day be no longer used, or seen, anywhere in the world. Displays include a Yoko Ono eight-track conceptually perched atop a white ladder and an over-sized mock-up of the infamously unpleasant Lou Reed release “Metal Machine Music.” There are also eight-track players of all shapes and sizes including a period car stereo store display.
For a different look at Dallas, give Bus Charter Dallas a call to find out how they can help you plan your charter bus trip with a selection from their fleet of fully equipped charter buses and friendly, personalized service.