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Post by gazelle18 on Nov 22, 2016 1:32:36 GMT -5
Some dates are seared in our memories. Today is the anniversary of the assassination of JFK. What are your memories of that day, if any? If you are too young to remember, what did you hear about how your family reacted?
I remember being in second grade. I was in my classroom and my teacher excused herself and then came back crying. We were sent home early, and I got on the school bus , which was very quiet for a change, and my mother met me in the driveway of our house and she was crying. I remember being sad and confused.
My folks loved JFK, so this was such a huge deal in my family
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Post by lee058 on Nov 22, 2016 7:59:38 GMT -5
Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well today.
As for the assassination of JFK, I was 5 years old and I saw it on TV. It changed America forever.
As for more pleasant things, this morning I am going to do the last minute shopping for the vegetables that need to be really fresh for Thanksgiving, plus some odds and ends like batteries, milk, bread, and so on. This afternoon, I am going to bake a pecan pie, wash my hair, and hopefully take a nap.
I'll be back later. Have a peaceful day, Lee
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Post by hollygail on Nov 22, 2016 10:14:21 GMT -5
I was walking home from high school. We got out around noon, as I recall. I was walking with a boy I knew from orchestra; we were dating (I've since googled him; he died in his 50s, but not before cutting albums with Nina Simone and other jazz greats, plus one or two albums of his own!). We were on this one particular block with stores, and people on the sidewalk were talking. Someone, probably the owner or an employee of one of the stores, came over to us to tell us what had happened. It was like we were in a daze.
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Post by happysavta on Nov 22, 2016 11:30:33 GMT -5
I think I was in 9th grade in 1963 and I remember hearing, "The President's been shot" from another student and thinking that couldn't be. This was some dumb joke perhaps, I thought. But shortly after, it changed to "President Kennedy is dead." Adults and students were crying and huddling together and then I knew it was true, though I still didn't want it to be true, .
The shock and grief and disbelief were palpable. Assassinations? That was Abraham Lincoln, a page in our history textbook. Not now, not in our time. It couldn't be. The Kennedys were the royals of Camelot, the new generation of leaders bearing the torch of our youth, the young family with adorable toddlers playing under the desk in the oval office. They were idolized. They were our heroes. They inspired our generation to "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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Post by peachymom1 on Nov 22, 2016 11:37:38 GMT -5
Good morning everyone! It's sunny and beautiful here, but COLD (at least by my California-wimp standards).
I was a year old when President Kennedy was killed. I've never heard either of my parents say a word about it. My sisters were only 5, 4 and 2 at the time, so they won't have any memories either, but I'll have to ask them if the parents ever talked to them about JFK subsequently. My dad wasn't around when I was growing up, but even as an adult, I've never heard him talk about politics. Mom is painfully ignorant about just about anything political, and she gets defensive if you open the subject. Even when President Nixon resigned, she didn't say a word. I was 12 at the time and full of questions, but I had to get my answers from other people, or on my own.
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Post by savtele on Nov 22, 2016 12:47:17 GMT -5
Boker Tov All! I was a Freshman in HS - & I was waiting to go into Study Hall from lunch. The bell rang, the door opened & the entire class that had been inside came out, crying. (Those of us who had been at lunch had not heard yet) As we took our seats, the teacher told us that President Kennedy had been shot & killed, that Vice President Johnson would now be president. We were all gobsmacked! I don't remember if we were let out early, or what happened - I do know that from then until his funeral, our family was glued to the (b/w) TV set. This was the only time in history that we had the TV on during dinner.
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Post by louise on Nov 22, 2016 16:31:15 GMT -5
Similar for me to Frieda and Angelika. I was also in 9th grade and was sitting in home room when it came over the loudspeaker. We were all dumbstruck. I don't exactly remember what happened directly after but the shock was palpable.
I won't be on line again until probably Sunday.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Thanks again, Lynne. I hope you are feeling better.
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