President John F. Kennedy spent time in San Antonio on the day before he was assassinated in Dallas.
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“There was so much in the way of true emotional feeling for the president. He was beloved and very popular in San Antonio, especially, you know, in the Hispanic community,” Gonzalez said. “He was a Catholic. You’ve got to remember the first Catholic ever elected.” Among the state democrats making that effort was Gonzalez’s father, U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, who was the first Mexican-American from Texas elected to U.S. Congress in 1961.President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy in San Antonio on November 21, 1963. Courtesy: JFK Museum ArchiveThe Kennedy’s had allure unlike any presidential couple before. There was an element of Hollywood, romance, aristocracy and a promise of a new dream of America’s future.
“This is the actual location of John Kennedy’s last public address,” he said. “Ten-thousand people gathered out on this lawn.” “Inside the chamber when Kennedy was here was where four airmen, recent graduates from basic training over Lackland, who volunteered to be part of a 30-day study in this chamber,” said Tony Wurmstein, aerospace physiologist and KBR Operations Manager.
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