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Why does nobody talk about the plaques at the JFK runway viewing area in Dallas | Conspiracy Debates - Opinions Matter

Why does nobody talk about the plaques at the JFK runway viewing area in Dallas

I stood at the Founder's Plaza at DFW last month waiting for my sister's flight and started reading the little plaques on the fence rail. There are a few that talk about the runway layout and how the airport was built in the 60s and 70s, and one of them lists the exact year the land was bought up from local farmers. What got me was how plain the whole thing reads, no mention of the fights over it, just facts like the number of acres and the year. I grew up hearing my grandpa swear the whole thing was done behind closed doors, and staring at that plaque I got why people still argue about it. Maybe the truth is just boring paperwork nobody wants to read. Has anyone else stopped at one of those viewing spots and found something that made you rethink a story you heard growing up?

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jamesf2620d ago

My buddy Dave stopped at that same spot off 114 back in 2019 and called me from the fence, said the plaque about the land buyout had a date that matched exactly what his uncle, a farmer out in Grapevine, always claimed. Dave sat there for like 20 minutes just staring at the thing. Turns out the old man wasn't making stuff up after all, the paper trail was right there the whole time.

milesj7020d ago

Who actually reads those plaques besides guys killing time while waiting on a flight? Your buddy Dave sounds like he turned a boring fence rail into a full on history lesson, and @jamesf26 that uncle of his probably spent 40 years getting told he was full of it about the Grapevine land. Kind of funny that the whole answer was sitting there on a metal sign the size of a cereal box the entire time. Grandpa rants and airport plaques, turns out they sometimes say the same thing.