22 November 1963
Air Force One Boarding
Jacqueline Kennedy boarded Air Force One at Love Field with the President's casket before the aircraft departed Dallas.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Love Field in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Jacqueline Kennedy boarded Air Force One at Love Field with the President's casket before the aircraft departed Dallas.
Public announcement of Kennedy's death was delayed until Johnson was safely aboard Air Force One at Love Field.
After boarding Air Force One, Johnson watched television coverage as officials prepared for the transfer of presidential authority.
Jacqueline Kennedy remained in the clothing she had worn during the assassination while traveling back to Washington aboard Air Force One.
Johnson placed his hand on a Catholic missal found aboard Air Force One while taking the presidential oath.
Cecil Stoughton photographed Jacqueline Kennedy standing near Lyndon Johnson during the historic Air Force One oath ceremony.
White House photographer Cecil Stoughton photographed Johnson taking the presidential oath with Lady Bird Johnson and Jacqueline Kennedy beside him.
Jacqueline Kennedy greeted members of the crowd at Love Field before entering the presidential limousine for the Dallas motorcade.
After Johnson completed the presidential oath, Air Force One departed Dallas carrying the new President, the Kennedy party, and President Kennedy's casket.
Johnson asked Jacqueline Kennedy to be present for the presidential oath after she arrived aboard Air Force One with President Kennedy's casket.
President and Mrs. Kennedy arrived at Dallas Love Field shortly before noon and were greeted by local officials and a large crowd.
Mrs. Kennedy stood beside Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidential swearing-in aboard Air Force One at 2:38 p.m.
Judge Sarah T. Hughes administered the presidential oath to Lyndon Baines Johnson aboard Air Force One at Love Field.
Johnson instructed aide Jack Valenti to obtain the precise wording of the presidential oath while preparations for the ceremony continued aboard Air Force One.
Mrs. Kennedy traveled with the President's casket from Parkland Memorial Hospital back to Dallas Love Field.
Johnson telephoned Attorney General Robert Kennedy about the presidential oath and received guidance that a federal judge in Dallas could administer it.
Johnson requested that federal judge Sarah T. Hughes be located to administer the presidential oath aboard Air Force One.
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