ARRIVAL AT LOVE FIELD
In Dallas the rain had stopped, and by midmorning a gloomy overcast sky had given way to the bright sunshine that greeted the Presidential party when Air Force One touched down at Love Field at 11:40 a.m., c.s.t.[C2-84] Governor and Mrs. Connally and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough had come with the President from Fort Worth.[C2-85] Vice President Johnson’s airplane, Air Force Two, had arrived at Love Field at approximately 11:35 a.m., and the Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were in the receiving line to greet President and Mrs. Kennedy.[C2-86]
After a welcome from the Dallas reception committee, President and Mrs. Kennedy walked along a chain-link fence at the reception area greeting a large crowd of spectators that had gathered behind it.[C2-87] Secret Service agents formed a cordon to keep the press and photographers from impeding their passage and scanned the crowd for threatening movements.[C2-88] Dallas police stood at intervals along the fence and Dallas plainclothesmen mixed in the crowd.[C2-89] Vice President and Mrs. Johnson followed along the fence, guarded by four members of the Vice-Presidential detail.[C2-90] Approximately 10 minutes after the arrival at Love Field, the President and Mrs. Kennedy went to the Presidential automobile to begin the motorcade.[C2-91]