Lyndon Baines Johnson takes the presidential oath of office on
November 22 as Air Force One carries his wife, Lady Bird, Jacqueline
Kennedy and several White House aides back to Washington from
Dallas.
Earlier, President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, and the
speed with which this ceremony was arranged—and the photo
released—was purposeful.
Johnson and his advisers wanted to assure a shocked nation that the
government was stable, the situation under control.
Images from the Zapruder film of the shooting, which would raise so
many questions, would not be made public for days.
