Assassination of John F. Kennedy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Kennedy's arrival in Dallas and route to Dealey Plaza=== {{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 500 | image1 = Kennedys arrive at Dallas 11-22-63.JPG | caption1 = President Kennedy and First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]] arriving at [[Dallas Love Field]] on November 22, 1963. | alt1 = Kennedy and the First Lady, dresseing in a pink outfit and holding a bouquet of flowers, depart from Air Force One and greet welcomers. | image2 = Dealey-plaza-annotated.png | alt2 = The route of the motorcade: A right turn from Main Street onto Houston Street, then shortly thereafter a left turn before the Texas School Book Depository onto the snaking Elm Street, passing by the Grassy Knoll and exiting Dealey Plaza udner the Triple Underpass bridge. | caption2 = The route of Kennedy's motorcade through [[Dealey Plaza]]. The shooting occurred on Elm Street. }} On November 22, [[Air Force One]] arrived at [[Dallas Love Field]] at 11:40 a.m.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 23–24.</ref> President Kennedy and the First Lady boarded a [[SS-100-X|1961 Lincoln Continental convertible limousine]] to travel to a luncheon at the [[Dallas Trade Mart]].<ref name="odonnell">[[#O'Donnell|Testimony of Kenneth P. O'Donnell]], Warren Commission Hearings.</ref><ref name="warren40">[[#Warren|Warren (1964)]], p. 40.</ref> Other occupants of this vehicle{{mdash}}the second in the motorcade—were [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] Agent [[William Greer|Bill Greer]], who drove; Special Agent [[Roy Kellerman]] in the front passenger seat; and Governor Connally and his wife Nellie, who sat just forward of the Kennedys.<ref>[[#Blaine|Blaine (2011)]], p. 196.</ref><ref>[[#Bugliosi2008|Bugliosi (2008)]], pp. 25, 41.</ref> Four Dallas police motorcycle officers accompanied the Kennedy limousine.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 29.</ref> Vice President Johnson, his wife [[Lady Bird Johnson|Lady Bird]], and Senator Yarborough rode in another convertible.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2008|Bugliosi (2008)]], p. 30.</ref> The motorcade's meandering 10-mile route through Dallas was designed to give Kennedy maximum exposure to crowds by passing through a suburban section of Dallas,<ref name="odonnell"/><ref name="warren40"/> and [[Main Street District, Dallas|Main Street]] in [[Downtown Dallas]], before turning right on Houston Street. After another block, the motorcade was to turn left onto Elm Street, pass through Dealey Plaza, and travel a short segment of the [[Stemmons Freeway]] to the Trade Mart.<ref name="warren40"/> The planned route had been reported in newspapers several days in advance.<ref name="warren40"/> Despite concerns about hostile protestors{{mdash}}Kennedy's UN Ambassador [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] had been spat on in Dallas a month earlier{{mdash}}Kennedy was greeted warmly by enthusiastic crowds.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 19–20, 30–38, 49.</ref><ref>[[#Death|"November 22, 1963: Death of the President". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.]]</ref><ref>[[#Bugliosi2008|Bugliosi (2008)]], p. 51.</ref> {{Clear}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page