We are proud to help in the President John F. Kennedy in Tampa 50th Anniversary Celebration.  There are a number of  events that are happening in honor of the celebrated president who visited our great city in Tampa just 3 days before the assassination in Dallas, Texas in 1963.

    Lynn Marvin Dingfelder, chairing the JFK in Tampa events, has a movie about the Presidents visit to Tampa and the 26 mile secured motorcade winding route through the Tampa Streets.  The locally made PBS movie, “JFK in Tampa, 50th Anniversary” has many insights to the president on that mid November day in 1963. From the arrival at MacDill Air Force Base, Bayshore Blvd, downtowns Franklin Street, down Grand Central (what is now Kennedy Blvd) to Howard Ave to the Ft Homer Hesterly National Guard Armory where President Kennedy had a speaking engagement addressing Florida’s State Chamber of Commerce Convention. This was the first time a sitting president had ever come to Tampa.

    At the Tampa Bay History Center along the Tampa waterway next to the St. Pete Times Forum is a Special Photo Collection of President Kennedy in Tampa being displayed . This is a limited showing and runs through December 8th.

    Upcoming Friday, November 22 at noon is a  President JF Kennedy Salute and Historical Marker Dedication on the corner of Kennedy Blvd and Franklin St in the downtown Lykes Gaslight Park. The monumental ceremony is open to the public.

    MC FILM & Florida Entertainment Group are proud to be a part of this historic event. Celebrity guest speakers, the fabulous Tampa Bay Barber shoppers _ Herald of Harmony’s 35 member choir under the direction of Wm. Sipple will be singing an array of patriotic songs.

    Thank You to Lynn Marvin Dingfelder in spearheading these memorable Tampa historical events. It is in part of the Hillsborough County History Preservation & Marker Board.