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Whiskeytown, California: JFK Memorial at Whiskeytown

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Address:
S. Shore Dr., Whiskeytown, CA
Directions:
On the south end of Whiskeytown Lake. At the east end of the Whiskeytown Dam, on the northwest corner of S. Shore Drive and J.F. Kennedy Memorial Rd.
Admission:
Free
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JFK Memorial at Whiskeytown

Unique among JFK memorials, it offers a button you can push to hear the speech that the President gave on this spot only two months before his assassination.

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Talk box.

JFK Memorial at Whiskeytown

The box to hear the speech still works....and it does stir American pride in you to hear such optimism about industrious progress. The glory hole is right in front of it and a neat road to drive right over the dam.

[Jolene, 11/15/2015]
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