Lincoln has long presidential legacy

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June 16, 2003 - 12:01 am ET
Lincoln has become known as the car of presidents. For decades, news photos of presidential motorcades showed the nation’s leader entering or emerging from a flag-draped Lincoln, winning prestige and valuable publicity for Ford Motor Co.’s premium brand.

Also burned on the public’s memory is a grim image: a blood-spattered President John Kennedy, fatally wounded by an assassin, collapsing into the back seat of his open-topped limousine in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

PHOTOS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HENRY FORD AND FORD MOTOR CO.

 
President Hary Truman used a Lincoln Cosmopolitan for his presidential travels.
 
President Dwight Eisenhower waves to spectators from his Lincoln parade car.
 
Pope Paul VI used a Lincoln during a U.S. visit.
 
President John Kennedy in a Lincoln Continental. Since his assassination, no president has used an open-top limousine.

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