Dallas Remembers Kennedy Killing

DALLAS (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorists flocked to the infamous grassy knoll and parents pointed toward a sixth-floor window as thousands gathered in Dealey Plaza on Saturday to mark the day 40 years ago when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on a trip through Dallas.

Dallas does not hold an official event to mark the day that, the official history says, Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository with a rifle he purchased for less than $20, gunning down Kennedy during a trip to Texas he was reluctant to take.

But most of the people in Dealey Plaza for the November 22, 1963, anniversary do not believe in the official history. Copies of a magazine called "JFK - The Case for Conspiracy" were selling briskly at $5 a piece to the crowd of some 3,000 to 4,000 people.

Nearby, a man held a placard reading "JFK - Blown away by the CIA, Coup de tat (sic) in the USA."

The crowd reached its peak at 12:30 pm (7pm NZ time nex...