54 years ago todayby digby
November 23, 1963 was the day after Kennedy was shot. Here’s what the newly sworn in President Johnson said to the cabinet:
Oval Office being cleared out for President Johnson: pic.twitter.com/Td0CiNRIPw— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 23, 2017
JFK’s rocking chair removed from Oval Office, tomorrow 1963: #Getty pic.twitter.com/lOvP0RXUOu— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 23, 2017
New York commuter train, tonight 1963: #Mydans pic.twitter.com/P4JAlrHOcH— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 23, 2017
Michael Beschloss tweeted this as well
“These are JFK’s last words, written for the end of a speech he planned to give at Austin, Texas, banquet tonight 1963”:
54 years later:
You can see more of Beschloss’s tweets about the day after here.
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