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The Emergency President’s Unceremonious Inauguration – Lyndon B. Johnson Inside Air Force One

Shortly following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, America was free of leadership for only one and a half hours. While its population reeled from the terror and tragedy of losing their beloved president, the vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, made his presidential oaths at Dallas’s Love Field, inside a parked Air Force One. He is flanked by former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson who replaced Jaqueline’s place. All in attendance were incredibly tense, still reeling from the shock of Kennedy’s assassination.

The Emergency Presidents Unceremonious Inauguration