JFK Lancer is making plans to insure the leading researchers and the latest published authors are at NID 2009 to commemorate the 46th anniversary of President Kennedy's death. We hope you are making plans to be with us as we have new speakers and exciting topics.


Remember, the banquet is included in the registration fee so you not only have an opportunity to hear the latest presentations, but also to sample the fare at the Adolphus Hotel. Last year we enjoyed  that boast superlative cuisine at the banquet. USA Today recently featured the Zagat Survey's 100 Top Hotel Restaurants in America. Based on on food quality, decor, and service, The Adolphus' French Room is listed as number one!  Conference attendees raved about this location, so you are certain to enjoy your stay.

Echo from Dealey Plaza Author to Offer Insight

Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream come true-and an encouraging sign of the charismatic president's vision for a new America. Both prior to and following JFK's assassination, Bolden sought to expose and address the inappropriate behavior and negligence of these agents, only to find himself the victim of a sinister conspiracy that resulted in his conviction and imprisonment on a trumped-up bribery charge. A gripping memoir substantiated by recently declassified government documents, "The Echo from Dealey Plaza" is the story of the terrible price paid by one man for his commitment to truth and justice, as well as a shocking new perspective on the circumstances surrounding the death of a beloved president.

Author of New Book Family of Secrets to Speak

Russ Baker is an award-winning investigative reporter with a track record for making sense of complex and little understood matters. He is the author of "Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America" (Bloomsbury, 2009). "Family of Secrets" covers the influence and activities of the Bush clan and their allies in finance, military contracting, intelligence, and oil over the course of nearly a century, and includes five chapters with new material, heavily footnoted and backed by documents and interviews, related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy-all developed in response to the question: why did George H.W. Bush say he was unable to remember where he was on November 22, 1963? He has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the Nation, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice and Esquire. He has also served as a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review. Baker received a 2005 Deadline Club award for his exclusive reporting on George W. Bush's military record.

 

Jim Marrs, a distinguished journalist and author of the "New York Times" bestseller, "Crossfire-the Plot to Kill Kennedy" and of best selling books such as "Rule by Secrecy" and his 2008 book, "The Rise of the Fourth Reich." Mr. Marrs is a fearless and gifted writer and researcher. His topic - "Loose Ends in Dallas", which will include a study of Roscoe White is sure to be exciting as will his participation in  "The Big Picture - Who Made It Happen?" Panel Discussion.