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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
13. Witness.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:17 PM
Dec 2014

The good people in Pittsburgh at Heinz History Center co-hosted with Dr. Cyril Wecht, MD, some of the important events at the the "Passing the Torch: An International Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" conference at Duquesne University. Thanks to DU and the people in Pittsburgh who grok the importance of history on our culture and society and future, I can share what I learned through them:

Octafish to attend JFK assassination conference. Do you think JFK still matters?

JFK Conference: Amazing Day of Information and Connecting with Good People

After JFK Conference, when I got home, I felt like RFK.

JFK Conference: Bill Kelly introduced new evidence - adding Air Force One tape recordings

JFK Conference: Rex Bradford detailed the historic importance of the Church Committee

JFK Conference: Lisa Pease Discussed the Real Harm of Corrupt Soft Power

JFK Conference: James DiEugenio made clear how Foreign Policy changed after November 22, 1963

JFK Conference: Mark Lane Addressed the Secret Government’s Role in the Assassination

JFK Conference: David Talbot named Allen Dulles as 'the Chairman of the Board of the Assassination'

JFK Conference: Dan Hardway Detailed how CIA Obstructed HSCA Investigation

Noah's Ark - Nov. 22, 1963 (at Oakland Community College in Michigan)

JFK Remembered: Dan Rather and James Swanson talk at The Henry Ford (like Heinz History Center, a Smithsonian Affiliated Institution.)

Seven Days in May -- tonight on TCM

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Pittsburgh is awesome kwolf68 Dec 2014 #1
cool. nt xchrom Dec 2014 #3
The Warhol Museum... Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #2
... xchrom Dec 2014 #4
Always wanted to go there shenmue Dec 2014 #8
I will give you some negatives kwolf68 Dec 2014 #10
Okay shenmue Dec 2014 #11
Obvious to anyone familiar with new economic geography Taitertots Dec 2014 #5
You have to give people some reason to come to the city center marions ghost Dec 2014 #6
AMEN kwolf68 Dec 2014 #7
Finally some cities like Pburg are waking up marions ghost Dec 2014 #9
Great post kwolf68 Dec 2014 #14
At the end of the day they still have the Stealers so that town will always be dead to me. dilby Dec 2014 #12
Witness. Octafish Dec 2014 #13
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