I was 3 years, 3 mos. old.
I can recall a TV image of the flag draped coffin and the caisson.
Nothing else.
I can recall a TV image of the flag draped coffin and the caisson.
Nothing else.
Where were you when you heard?
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HOUSTON RICK
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My 5th birthday, No promised party. No promised presents. No promised cake. No friends over. Boring Walter Cronkite on the TV and somber adults who hushed me when I asked what was going on. The view of a 5 year old.
Here's the papers from Houston, we saved them.
LBJ looks guilty as sin, don't he....
LBJ looks guilty as sin, don't he....
I was seven
Was in front of where we lived
I remember who I was with and who told me.
I remember coming home from Sunday School and being told that Oswald was killed.
Was in front of where we lived
I remember who I was with and who told me.
I remember coming home from Sunday School and being told that Oswald was killed.
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OLDSTER
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Driving to high school with a couple friends. As I recall, when we arrived at school most kids were shocked and confused.
I was in fourth grade at St Joan of Arc Catholic school. I remember us immediately being rushed down into the church to mass. , having been raised Catholic it was a pretty big deal when John Kennedy was elected and I remember my mother and her friends talking about it repeatedly.
mafuta54
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4th grade class watching it happen on TV!
In the county where I grew up there were three doctors back then. The one we saw, like many country doctors back then did it all...he delivered me and I continued to go to him until I was in my 20's. He had this office and would spend the morning at the hospital 20 miles away. Around 1:00pm he would arrive and start seeing patients, he was a little late and we were the first ones in the door{why not I am getting shots!!!!} I was scared to death, having older siblings that told stories about the 7 inch ling needle didn't help much...it sure looked 7 inches long as he was filling it with vaccine.
My said to him, "wasn't it terrible what happened to the president this morning??" He barely looked up and said. "I was in the operating room all morning, what happened??" "They shot him", replied my mother, "He is dead...they just announced it."
The doctor dropped the needle and he ran out to go next door to a gas company to verify the news...the gas company had a television, not everyone did in those days. He came back a few minutes later and was in tears and said he "couldn't see anyone else today, come back tomorrow."
I remember it like it was yesterday.
My said to him, "wasn't it terrible what happened to the president this morning??" He barely looked up and said. "I was in the operating room all morning, what happened??" "They shot him", replied my mother, "He is dead...they just announced it."
The doctor dropped the needle and he ran out to go next door to a gas company to verify the news...the gas company had a television, not everyone did in those days. He came back a few minutes later and was in tears and said he "couldn't see anyone else today, come back tomorrow."
I remember it like it was yesterday.
Straightshooter2
US Veteran
I was in Miss Mauldin's 9th grade English class. At the start of class, she and Miss Cavan, the teacher across the hall had been talking and seemed upset. Shortly after the start of class the principal, Mr. Kirkland, came over the PA and announced the President had been shot and school was being dismissed for the day. I caught a ride home with someone and I remember the shop teacher directing traffic with tears just streaming down his face.
BTW, I had a busy evening. I delivered the Atlanta Journal on a paper route and we all got extra copies of the paper so that people who weren't regular customers could buy them from us. Plus the Journal put out a late edition so we had to deliver our routes a second time that night.
CW
BTW, I had a busy evening. I delivered the Atlanta Journal on a paper route and we all got extra copies of the paper so that people who weren't regular customers could buy them from us. Plus the Journal put out a late edition so we had to deliver our routes a second time that night.
CW
13 years old, in 7th grade , American History Class when it came
over PA. JFK was a true American hero, a terrible lost to our
country. That's coming from a long line of super conservatives.
over PA. JFK was a true American hero, a terrible lost to our
country. That's coming from a long line of super conservatives.
nicky4968
Member
8th grade algebra class.
Told over the intercom.
Snuck downstairs and watched teacher's lounge TV from a dark corner,
Told over the intercom.
Snuck downstairs and watched teacher's lounge TV from a dark corner,
BigBill
Absent Comrade
After lunch, about 2:30pm in 7 grade science class the teachers were all crying. We just got a color tv and all night n day the news about it. Seen Oswald get shot live on tv.
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