The presidential motorcade began its route without incident, stopping twice so President Kennedy could shake hands with some Catholic nuns, then some school children. Shortly before the limousine turned onto Main Street a male ran towards the limousine, but was thrust to the ground by a Secret Service agent and hustled away. At 12:29 p.m. [...]
Also tagged 1963, Assassination, Dallas, Dealey PlazaOn Friday, November 22, 1963, at 11:40 a.m. CST, Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline, and the rest of the presidential entourage arrived at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, aboard Air Force One after a very short flight from nearby Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. The motorcade cars had been lined up in a certain [...]
Also tagged 1963, Air Force One, Carswell AFB, Dallas, Dealey Plaza, Jacqueline Kennedy, TexasJohn F. Kennedy signs National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) #263, signalling his intention to withdraw troops from Vietnam. [ref. JFK, CIA, Vietnam by Prouty, p xxiii]
Also tagged 1963, National Security Action Memorandum 263, Vietnam WarA presidential visit to the state of Texas was first agreed upon by John F. Kennedy, by his vice president Lyndon Baines Johnson, and by Texas Governor John Connally while all three men were together in a meeting at the Cortez Hotel in El Paso, Texas, on June 6, 1963.
Also tagged 1963, Cortez Hotel, El Paso, John Connally, Lyndon JohnsonKennedy and Bouvier have traveled in the same social circles over the past four years and their wedding is considered the event of the season with an estimated 700 guests at the ceremony and 900 at the reception. Over the next two years, Kennedy undergoes serious spinal operations due to his injuries suffered during the [...]
Also tagged 1953, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, Marriage, Profiles in Courage, Pulitzer PrizeJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at 3:00 PM, the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr, and Rose Fitzgerald; Rose, in turn, was the eldest child of John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, a prominent Boston political figure who was the city’s mayor and a [...]
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