Arriving at the Rice Hotel on the evening of November 21, 1963. One day left to live.
Kennedy had spent the earlier part of the day in San Antonio, where adoring crowds lined streets in support of the president. While he found support there, he was worried about what would happen here in Houston, his next stop on the short Texas trip.
Announcer’s voice: “The presidential plane, Air Force One, departs San Antonio and touches down in Houston.”
Michael Hardy wrote “The Last Supper” for Houstonia magazine, a chronicle of Kennedy’s time in Houston. He says no official motorcade was planned because the President was concerned nobody would show up.
“He needn’t have worried about the support. He got about 75,000 Houstonians coming out to line the edges of the procession of the cars, nearly as many as he got in San Antonio.”