Living History with Julian Read

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza presented an interview with Julian Read, a press aide for Texas Governor John Connally in 1963. He was traveling with the presidential party in Dallas and later wrote about his experiences in his book, "JFK's Final Hours in Texas" (2013). The program was moderated by Museum Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. This presentation took place at the Museum on April 5, 2014 as part of the 2014 Living History Series. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room (www.jfk.org/go/reading-room).

[@MissPerriwinkle]

all these interviews are riveting. grazie.

[@truthseeker474]

Thank you for sharing this with the world. Really enjoy Mr.Julian Reed's recollection of events on that historic day.

[@MTGrad1]

Great interview!

[@antheaalecto]

Really loving these interview`s x

[@VTPSTTU]

I appreciate both of you making the effort to give this presentation and the museum making the effort to produce the entire series. This one disappointed me a bit because Mr. Read seemed more intent on still being a press secretary spinning the story than a witness describing historical events.

[@lousekoya1803]

Too bad that he still believed that scientists have proven that one bullet has hit yadi-yada ...

[@Realbillball]

Very good session.

[@audiolover]

Great men with sharp mind ✊🙏

[@marilynadams349]

Very nice

[@stevemaher7481]

Do you think they will invite Beverly Oliver to be on? Me neither.

[@kevinking2332]

pop------ pop-pop [18-07 in the video] this means it could not have been a bolt action rifle

[@marclemire1414]

Read the confession of James Files on Internet.

[@goodgood9955]

The convicted murderer?

[@randyharris3175]

Why its bs?

[@goodgood9955]

@@randyharris3175 no evidence for Janes Files having done anything. Just the rumblings of a convicted murder in order to get a book$$$$$$$ and some notoriety. No evidence that there was a shooter on the grassy knoll.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

The attitude that the media has attempted to present at the time made everyone there in subsequent years present the attitude of Dallas is quite different

[@davemojarra2666]

Ebullient.👍🏻

[@stevemaher7481]

Pop, pop pop. Limo stopped.

[@randyharris3175]

Some people think the limo stopped ???

[@bobcarp1239]

@@randyharris3175 Well, people who know nothing about the shooting apparently do....

[@randyharris3175]

No it didn't

[@aujay]

Every eye witness says the exact same thing about the shots (regardless of a fireworks or Canon sound, depending upon their positions) they are all unanimous that it was one shot > then the second and third shots practically over the top of each other....basically saying there was a least two shooters, as there was no possible way that Lee Harvey Oswald could reload the rifle to make 2 shots within 1/2 second of each other. Mr Read said as much here in this interview that what he heard from his position in the press bus was one shot > then a second and third together!

[@randyharris3175]

There were not 2 shots within a half second that is a myth.

[@randyharris3175]

The 3 guys on the fifth floor didnt say that all the bullets that hit Kennedy came from Oswalds Carcano what part do you not understand about that

[@sandrasanders706]

​@@randyharris3175They heard above them the shotgun shells fall on the floor during each shot.

[@randyharris3175]

@@sandrasanders706 Yes I know that's what he said

[@DevilTX66]

@@randyharris3175there were some witnesses on the grassy knoll that said just that. One shot then the 2nd and 3rd were almost simultaneous.