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On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts.
JFK in rented open car, Amherst, Mass. today 1963--lavish space between vehicles, motorcade route past grassy knoll, no Secret Service agents next to President's car, opposing random traffic allowed on adjoining lane of street.
Twenty-seven days before assassination in Dallas.
Twenty-seven days before assassination in Dallas.
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Plan for JFK's open-car motorcade in Amherst, Mass., today 1963 shows astoundingly skimpy security:
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Another photograph of JFK in open car in Amherst, Mass., today 1963, showing how recklessly exposed he was to danger:
White House and Secret Service were gambling with JFK's security in Amherst, Mass., today 1963, even though it was exactly a year after Cuban Missile Crisis, which made a lot of Soviet and Cuban operatives and others very angry at the American President.
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Thu Oct 26, 2023: On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Wed Oct 26, 2022: On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK was in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts.