Video: 'President Kennedy's speech at the Forth Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast'

(Friday, November 22, 1963, 9:25 a.m. CST) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce this morning in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Texas in what would turn out to be his final public speech.

Video: 'November 22, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast'

Kennedy’s remarks, part of a two-day, five-city tour of Texas, focused on military preparedness.

“I am confident, as I look to the future, that our chances for security, our chances for peace, are better than they have been in the past. And the reason is because we’re stronger. And with that strength is a determination to not only maintain the peace, but also the vital interests of the United States. To that great cause, Texas and the United States are committed.”

(Note: the president arrived at 9 a.m., Mrs. Kennedy at 9:20 a.m. and the president began speaking at 9:25 a.m. He is presented with gifts of a cowboy hat and a pair of boots at 9:50 a.m. CST.)

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The presidential party then left the hotel and went by motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base for the thirteen-minute flight to Dallas.