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JFK visited Tampa four days before his fateful trip to Dallas

President John F. Kennedy’s November 18, 1963 visit, the city’s first from a sitting president, was so joyful in the moment, so bittersweet in memory.
 
(Times photo by Tony Lopez)
(Times photo by Tony Lopez)
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  • Times staff
Published Oct. 26, 2017

President John F. Kennedy visited Tampa and took part in a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first scheduled air service. Times photographers were on hand to document the day’s festivities.

(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
On November 18, 1963, just days before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy visited MacDill Air Force Base. (Times files)
On November 18, 1963, just days before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy visited MacDill Air Force Base. (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
November 18, 1963) President John F. Kennedy's motorcade during his visit to the Bay area. (Times files)
November 18, 1963) President John F. Kennedy's motorcade during his visit to the Bay area. (Times files)
President John F. Kennedy making his first address of the day at Al Lopez Field . With him on the stand are James Coney, general manager of the Tampa Tribune (extreme left); St. Petersburg Mayor Herman Goldner (smoking pipe); Tampa Mayor Nick Nuccio (at President's left); Sen. George Smathers (looking at President) and U. S. Rep. Sam Gibbons, Tampa (extreme right). (Times photo by Johnnie Evans)
President John F. Kennedy making his first address of the day at Al Lopez Field . With him on the stand are James Coney, general manager of the Tampa Tribune (extreme left); St. Petersburg Mayor Herman Goldner (smoking pipe); Tampa Mayor Nick Nuccio (at President's left); Sen. George Smathers (looking at President) and U. S. Rep. Sam Gibbons, Tampa (extreme right). (Times photo by Johnnie Evans)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy greets a crowd at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy greets a crowd at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963 (Times files)
(Left) The front page of the November 19, 1963 edition of the St. Petersburg Times. / (Right) President John F. Kennedy greets a crowd at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
(Left) The front page of the November 19, 1963 edition of the St. Petersburg Times. / (Right) President John F. Kennedy greets a crowd at Al Lopez Field for a speech just four days before his assassination in Dallas, Texas. (Times photo by Tony Lopez)
(Left) A Message For The Suncoast: At Tampa the Democrats' John Kennedy, in natty pin-striped suit, puts over his Suncoast campaign message yesterday from a banner-bedecked platform hung heavily with Kennedy for President placards. (Photo by Bob Moreland) / (Right) President John F. Kennedy on a visit to Florida, waves from his motorcade in this November 1963 photo by Jere Lykins.
(Left) A Message For The Suncoast: At Tampa the Democrats' John Kennedy, in natty pin-striped suit, puts over his Suncoast campaign message yesterday from a banner-bedecked platform hung heavily with Kennedy for President placards. (Photo by Bob Moreland) / (Right) President John F. Kennedy on a visit to Florida, waves from his motorcade in this November 1963 photo by Jere Lykins.
President John F. Kennedy's motorcade travels down Lafayette Street where it splits off from Grand Central in Tampa during Kennedy's visit to the area on November 18, 1963. Just 4 days later, the nation will mourn Kennedy's death in Dallas. Portions of the two streets were renamed Kennedy Boulevard in 1964. This was the first visit ever made by a sitting president to the Bay area. (Times photo by Ron Wahl)
President John F. Kennedy's motorcade travels down Lafayette Street where it splits off from Grand Central in Tampa during Kennedy's visit to the area on November 18, 1963. Just 4 days later, the nation will mourn Kennedy's death in Dallas. Portions of the two streets were renamed Kennedy Boulevard in 1964. This was the first visit ever made by a sitting president to the Bay area. (Times photo by Ron Wahl)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963. (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963. (Times files)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Tampa shortly before his assassination in Dallas. (Times files)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Tampa shortly before his assassination in Dallas. (Times files)
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS WITH PLEASURE . . . a doll for daughter Caroline, presented by Marlene Maseda, 6. She is held by her father, Marcelino Maseda, Alcalde of Ybor City, who gave President Kennedy a humidor of Tampa cigars. November 1963 (Times photo by Bob Moreland)
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS WITH PLEASURE . . . a doll for daughter Caroline, presented by Marlene Maseda, 6. She is held by her father, Marcelino Maseda, Alcalde of Ybor City, who gave President Kennedy a humidor of Tampa cigars. November 1963 (Times photo by Bob Moreland)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963. (Times files)
(11/18/1963) President John F. Kennedy visits the Tampa Bay area in November, 1963. (Times files)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Tampa shortly before his assassination in Dallas. (Times files)
11/18/63 - TAMPA - President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Tampa shortly before his assassination in Dallas. (Times files)
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