Parkland Memorial Hospital on Harry Hines Blvd., Trauma Room #1, where President Kennedy died
Title
Parkland Memorial Hospital on Harry Hines Blvd., Trauma Room #1, where President Kennedy died
Subject
Emergency Service, Hospital--history; Critical Care; Hospitals--history; History, 20th Century
Description
Parkland Memorial Hospital's Trauma Room #1 was the scene of heroic but unsuccessful efforts to save President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Texas Governor John Connally, gravely wounded along with Kennedy, was treated in an adjacent trauma room and survived. A few days later, Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died at Parkland after having been shot by Jack Ruby.
Creator
Unknown
Date
Milestone date: 1963
Creation date: 1963
Rights
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Identifier
pmh_00031
Geolocation
Citation
Unknown, “Parkland Memorial Hospital on Harry Hines Blvd., Trauma Room #1, where President Kennedy died,” Exhibits, accessed April 20, 2024, https://utswlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/56.