Martinsburg JFK Buff, Mayor Presents to Central Students

Martinsburg Mayor Richard Brantner was the featured guest speaker in Mr. Shad Benton’s “The 1960s” social studies elective classes on Oct. 26 and 27 to share his knowledge of the John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, TX, as we approach the 60th anniversary of this tragic event.

Mayor Brantner has devoted a significant portion of his life researching the assassination and collecting artifacts surrounding what took place on Nov. 22, 1963. Mayor Brantner showed the students artifacts, shared his knowledge, and answered numerous student questions about one of the most significant events in our...