Lee Harvey Oswald
September 16, 2009
The Irving, Texas house that Lee Harvey Oswald was staying in when he killed the president was recently sold to the City of Irving.
For many years I lived on W. 7th street in Irving. My Dad always told me that Lee Harvey Oswald had lived in that neighborhood when he shot Kennedy, but we didn’t know exactly which street it was. Well, one day my daughter Lena (Bigun) & I went to the Sixth Floor Museum in Downtown Dallas (for you Yankees, that’s where Oswald was when he fired the shots that killed Kennedy). Bigun noticed an application for employment that Oswald had filled out using an address in Irving. Well, that address was 2515 W. 5th Street in Irving, Texas. My Dad was right, Oswald lived 2 blocks from my house.
Bigun & I couldn’t wait to go see that house. When we did, it was kinda eerie. We just sat in front of the house imagining Oswald mowing the lawn or looking out the window or whatever. Today that house is appraised at $84,000 & the City of Irving just bought it for $224,000. I wish I’d have known it was for sale. I would have bought it & let Bigun move into it. Anyway, I’ll never forget that time when Bigun & I went to see that house, we were so excited!
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