Official itinerary from President John F. Kennedy's fateful trip to Texas detailing the scheduled events of November 21–22, 1963, three pages, 8.5 x 14, released by the Office of the White House Press Secretary on November 20, 1963, originating from the collection of Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger, who was in the bus of White House staffers behind the president's limousine at the time of the assassination. Mortensen served as a staff assistant under Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, and aided the president in drafting his speeches; the annotations to this document appear to represent her preparations for Kennedy's addresses during the trip, ensuring that copies of his speeches are in place at the appropriate intervals.The plans begin with instructions for baggage to be left at the White House Transportation Office by 9 p.m. on November 20th, and then proceed with a highly detailed itinerary for the trip to Texas on November 21st. It starts with an 8:30 a.m. press check-in at the White House, followed by the president's departure from the White House by helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base at 10:45, Air Force One's departure from Andrews AFB and arrival at San Antonio International, and the president's motorcade from San Antonio to the Aerospace Medical Health Center at Brooks Air Force Base. At 5:00 p.m., President Kennedy is scheduled to arrive at Rice Hotel, and at 6 p.m. there is a handwritten addition in red pencil: "Lay on table—Thomas speech, 8 est, 7 cst." In actuality, President Kennedy attended a meeting of the League of United Latin American Councils at the Rice Hotel, where he read a statement honoring Joe A. Garza for his work with the organization. Following his remarks, Jackie spoke briefly in Spanish, much to the delight of the audience. As this schedule describes, he then went to a dinner honoring Representative Albert Thomas at the Houston Coliseum.A second red pencil notation begins the tragic day of November 22nd: "7 am - Breakfast & lunch speeches on table, 8:30 est, 9:30 cst." The printed schedule outlines Kennedy's activities for the day, beginning at 8:45 a.m.: "President attends breakfast in Texas Hotel sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce." He returns to his room an hour later, then travels by car to Carswell Air Force Base to take Air Force One (described here as "Jet") to Love Field in Dallas. Slated to arrived at 11:35 a.m., the "President departs Love Field by motor" at 11:45—the start of the motorcade route which would witness his assassination.The rest of the itinerary would never happen—as President Kennedy's motorcade (running slightly behind schedule) passed through Dealey Plaza at 12:30 p.m., shots rang out overhead and the president was hit. The limousine rushed to Parkland Hospital, where President Kennedy could not be saved. Meanwhile, approximately 5,000 had gathered at the Dallas Trade Mart to await Kennedy's next stop on the schedule: "12:30 p.m. President arrives at Trade Mart to attend luncheon sponsored by the Dallas Citizens Council, the Dallas Assembly and the Graduate Research Center to the Southwest." At 1:13 p.m., J. Erik Jonsson, president of the co-sponsoring Dallas Citizens Council, took the podium at the Trade Mart to make the sad announcement: 'I’m not sure that I can say what I have to say. I feel a little bit like the fellow on Pearl Harbor day. It is true that our president and Governor Connally in the motorcade have been shot.' Rev. Luther Holcomb led the crowd in prayer, and the luncheon was canceled.The balance of the schedule outlines what President Kennedy's movements would have been for the rest of the day, had he not been struck down by an assassin's bullet: he would return to Love Field, fly to Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin and travel to the Commodore Perry Hotel to give a speech (here, there is a red pencil notation, "4:00 p.m. Austin Dinner Speech, 7 cst, 8 est"), attend a reception at the governor's mansion, return to the Commodore Perry Hotel, and attend a Democratic fundraising dinner at the Municipal Auditorium. At the end of the day, he was due to stay at Vice President Johnson's ranch. In fine condition, with some minor edge wear and the final page affixed to a slightly larger scrapbook sheet. Accompanied by an identical copy of the itinerary which was not marked up in pencil.Format: Schedule