Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

 People need to stop saying that JFK changed his tie on the plane or at his hotel in Ft. Worth becuase that did not happen. He changed his tie at the limousine right before the motorcade took off, and that is in the annals of the White Hous Historical Association.

And that account includes the fact that he folded the original tie and put it in his inside jacket pocket. Now, why would he do that if he was on the plane at the time? Surely, he would have left it on the plane where he had a whole big wardrobe compartment. Why would he take along a soiled tie on himself? For what purpose?

Furthermore, the tie wasn't soiled. We have images of him on the tarmac before he got to the limousine, in which you can see that his tie looked fine. The changing of the tie was entirely a Secret Service thing, told to him by Roy Kellerman. I don't know what reason Kellerman gave him for changing his tie. But, JFK didn't argue with his Secret Service. He did whatever they told him do to.

But, just remember that JFK put the first tie in his pocket, and that tells you that it happened just when I'm telling you: at the limousine right before the motorcade took off, just as the WHHA chronicled.

Now, look at this tie. It is blue and grey with a grid-like pattern. The Ft. Worth tie was described as blue and grey with a grid-like pattern. That tie did not need changing.