shouldazagged
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Amen. May that continue to be the situation.
Where were you when JFK was shot?
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Amen. May that continue to be the situation.
I was in class. Elementary, don't remember what grade.
I recall the teachers grieving, then watching the film that evening.
I'm currently living in the old servant quarters of the mansion where the Kennedy's had lunch on that terrible day.
What stands out in my mind is the photo of the Presidents son saluting during the funeral procession.
I recall the teachers grieving, then watching the film that evening.
I'm currently living in the old servant quarters of the mansion where the Kennedy's had lunch on that terrible day.
What stands out in my mind is the photo of the Presidents son saluting during the funeral procession.
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First grade. Red Bluff Elementary in Pasadena, Tejas.
I think we had just got back from lunch.. We were sitting in class
when another teacher came to the room and talked with our teacher
for a while out in the hall.
Then our teacher came in and announced that Kennedy had been
shot. Then about an hour later the principal came on the intercom
and announced that he had died.
As I recall, we went home at the normal time, but probably more
parents out front than usual.. I walked home and no cartoons.
In fact, nothing but Kennedy stuff and funeral on TV for the next four
or so days. I pretty much watched all of it.
I remember one of the Houston newspapers published a big huge
full page photo of Oswald on the morgue slab with a big hole in his
gut.
I think we had just got back from lunch.. We were sitting in class
when another teacher came to the room and talked with our teacher
for a while out in the hall.
Then our teacher came in and announced that Kennedy had been
shot. Then about an hour later the principal came on the intercom
and announced that he had died.
As I recall, we went home at the normal time, but probably more
parents out front than usual.. I walked home and no cartoons.
In fact, nothing but Kennedy stuff and funeral on TV for the next four
or so days. I pretty much watched all of it.
I remember one of the Houston newspapers published a big huge
full page photo of Oswald on the morgue slab with a big hole in his
gut.
mstuhr
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Fifth grade
Howdy,
Late to the party again.
I was in fifth grade at McCray Dewy. I tangled with a patriot that day. I was always a little on the immature side. I meant no disrespect but said something smart at the announcement.
Jeffery Topal, my best friend at the time, punched me square in the nose.
He was my age and had a much better grasp on how serious things were.
Thanks
Mike
Howdy,
Late to the party again.
I was in fifth grade at McCray Dewy. I tangled with a patriot that day. I was always a little on the immature side. I meant no disrespect but said something smart at the announcement.
Jeffery Topal, my best friend at the time, punched me square in the nose.
He was my age and had a much better grasp on how serious things were.
Thanks
Mike
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My bride to be & I were coming out of the courthouse where she had just purchased our marriage license. Soon be 50 years of bliss!
Out at sea on a DD in the Atlantic ocean some where......
Captain made the announcement over the 1MC.
Captain made the announcement over the 1MC.
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S&WIowegan
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I remember vividly but I'm not gonna answer this question any more. UH, where was I??
Jack Flash
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Jr. High study hall, somewhere around 1 pm, IIRC.
I was a ninth grader in my American Govt. class, how ironic, when we got the word he'd been shot. After lunch, in English class when he was pronounced dead. They played the radio over the intercom to all of the classrooms. No tvs in every classroom like today.
Seems like only yesterday.
Rod
Seems like only yesterday.
Rod
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