John F. Kennedy - El Paso, Texas - 1963
John F. Kennedy - El Paso, Texas - 1963
President Kennedy came to El Paso, Texas in 1963. According to El Paso Times archives, Kennedy arrived at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on June 5, 1963. After his inspection of White Sands Missile range, he arrived at the El Paso International Airport where he was greeted by more than 10,000 people. After a short political speech, Kennedy and other members of his cabinet, including Lyndon B. Johnson, entered a limousine, which was flown in from Washington, and headed toward the Hotel Cortez in Downtown El Paso, where he stayed.
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My father took me to San Jacinto Plaza to be in the crowd to see the President Kennedy. A part of our ancestors were Irish Catholics like Kennedy.