JFK Tribute in Fort Worth

11/22/2023

Locals remember President Kennedy’s Fort Worth visit 60 years later

John Fletcher still has the cardboard sign that says, “Hooray for JFK,” in faded blue glitter.

05/26/2017

Kennedys discuss JFK's legacy 100 years after his birth

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article152770474.html

John F. Kennedy's relatives discuss his legacy 100 years after slain president's birth.

02/28/2017

The Washington Post remembers Bill Paxton as a young boy who wanted to see the president. Thank you for your help and support with the JFK Tribute, RIP Bill Paxton. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/26/a-young-bill-paxton-wanted-to-see-the-president-he-did-hours-before-john-f-kennedy-was-shot/?utm_term=.f65c9a6473a2

Paxton, 61, died of complications from surgery, a family representative said in a statement issued Sunday.

03/21/2016

Landscape Architect & Specifier News featured the JFK Tribute in Fort Worth in the March 2016 edition. A nice article about the design of the Tribute in .

LASN is a photographically oriented, professional journal featuring topics of concern and state-of-the-art projects designed or influenced by registered Landscape Architects.

11/06/2015

Bill Paxton is in Sundance Square for the Lone Star Film Festival through the weekend! Bill discussed seeing President John F. Kennedy speak outside the Hotel Texas in with Good Morning Texas saying, "...we entered the crowd of 4,500 people. I was very close, about 40 feet away from the President. My dad took turns putting my brother and me on his shoulders. There was electricity in the air..."

09/22/2015

Fort Worth Opera just announced the details of a six-month long community conversation series titled JFK: Five Decades of Progress. Each talk will focus on a particular topic or issue important to President John F. Kennedy. Featuring leading experts in a variety of subjects including Congresswoman Kay Granger and noted journalist Bob Ray Sanders, among others, these candid dialogues will explore the impact of the president's legacy and will culminate with the world premiere opera JFK, by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek. Click below to RSVP today!

FWOpera has grown from a small local company producing traditional work to an international presence leading public conversation about contemporary opera.

08/06/2015

Single tickets for the 2016 Fort Worth Opera Festival are on sale now! Have you called to order yours? 877-396-7372 or visit www.fwopera.org!

Founded on the belief that Fort Worth Opera merited its own opera company, we maintain a proud reputation of honoring the history & future of the art form.

06/19/2015

Why not bring dad to a fellow great man's tribute on Father's Day?

11/22/2013