NEW ORLEANS – At this year’s Lee Harvey Oswald Day, authors and historians are planning a day of events to call on federal authorities to release all files relating to the President John F. Kennedy assassination on Thursday, Oct. 26, as mandated by the JFK Records Act.
“NOLA & Lee on His 78th Birthday” starts with a press conference and rally on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Lafayette Square, 602 Camp St. at 10:00 a.m. Speakers will include “Dr. Mary’s Monkey” author Ed Haslam and former Oswald paramour Judyth Vary Baker, author of “Me & Lee.”
At 10:30 a.m., speakers will lead a “Ground Zero” walking tour of the haunts of Lee Harvey Oswald’s march to infamy starting at Lafayette Square. The walking tour will be conducted by Rev. Jeffrey and his Strange True Tours of New Orleans and will include information about Oswald living and working in New Orleans.
From 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. authors Haslam and Baker will sign books at Barnes & Noble, 1601B West Bank Expressway, in Harvey. They’ll answer questions about Lee’s role in the JFK assassination and attendees will be among the first to purchase Baker’s new book “Kennedy & Oswald: The Big Picture.”
From 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. there will be a Lee Harvey Oswald birthday party, on what would have been his 78th birthday, at Le Bon Temps Roule, 4801 Magazine St.
“NOLA & Lee” is presented by TrineDay Books, which has published a wide array of books on such topics as the CIA, the Kennedy assassination, 9/11, secret societies and more.
All events free and open to public; books and refreshments need to be purchased at certain locations.
