Somewhere in the hospital, the hat came off. Mary Gallagher, the first lady's personal secretary was handed the pillbox hat and noticed strands of Jackie's hair beneath the hat pin and could imagine her yanking it off.
Staff and handlers wanted Jackie to "clean up her appearance" but were refused. "No. let them see what they've done," she reportedly said.
"The suit was never cleaned and never will be." It is somewhere in the climate-controlled National Archives and Records Adminstration's Maryland complex.
Aides managed to secure Kennedy's belongings back to the White House by nightfall. The hat seemed to hopscotch from Dallas to Washington. Jackie Kennedy accompanied the coffin to Bethesda Naval Hospital for the autopsy while the hat made its way to the White House.
A White House policeman was instructed to give the hat to Clint Hill, but mistakenly gave it to Robert Foster, the agent assigned to protect the Kennedy children.
Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House early on November 23rd, took off the suit and bathed. Her maid, Providencia Paredes said she put the clothing in a bag and hid it.
Hat, Hat, Who's Got the Hat--DaCoot
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