What Ever Became of the Kennedy Death Car from Dallas?
two on each side, pulled out of the airport first, followed instantly by the motorcade. Between the President and his wife, on the back seat of the attractive dark blue Lincoln convertible, Mrs. Kennedy’s bouquet lay neatly on the seat between her and the President. As had been the case with Mrs. Johnson, there had been no yellow roses left in Dallas. Jacqueline Kennedy’s bouquet was red, blood red. The trip to Dealey Plaza had begun. The Kennedy motorcade wended its way from Lemmon Avenue to Turtle Creek Boulevard, to Harwood Street before turning right onto Main St., some twelve blocks from Dealey Plaza. Following directly behind the Presidential limousine was the Secret Service’s five-ton 1955 8-passenger Cadillac convertible. Unlike the Presidential car, agents were mounted on the Cadillac’s special running boards. Though its code named Secret Service radio call sign was “Halfback”, the leviathan vehicle was dubbed the “Queen Mary” by the press corps. Replete with what seemed to be
