JFK was assassinated in Dallas.

I was just remembering that, and going over the events in my head. As a sophomore in High School before the war in Viet Nam escalated, it was a rude awakening to an uncertain future.

At the time, we tbought he was a liberal/commie.
Fifty-five years later, he seems 1000X better than the Democrat leaders we have.

I was living in Greece. Got up on Saturday to go to the military theater (15 cents for the movie and a bag of popcorn was 10 cents). Went with my sister and brother. About nine blocks away. Passed a couple of newspaper sale boxes, saw the president’s photo above the fold. Of course the headlines were in Greek and it was Greek to me. The guy at the theater said it was closed. Learned an new word that day—Assassination.

I was in HS chemistry. The teacher came in late, he had been in the teacher's lounge watching it on tv. He told us what had happened.

And whole stacks of "Cuban Missile Crisis babies" will have been 4 months old ...

Woodman, my dad was in Greece and spent a great deal of time on TDY in Turkey. He was part of the great dismantling process.

I was a senior in high school and heard the news on the break between first and second periods.

We thought he was very liberal then. We were shocked and saddened to hear he was assassinated. Today, he would be too conservative to win the Republican nomination.

I've always remembered this. I remember how upset my Mother was when I got home from school. Also, its my Dad's birthday (90 today).

I was in third grade. They dismissed school early and when I came home, I found my Mom in tears. I vividly recall the funeral and the riderless horse.
And his sons salute.

I was playing little league baseball in Bangkok on November 23, 1963 (remember, this is on the other side of the International Date Line - it's why I always confuse the date). My dad, who normally came to my games, was absent. He'd been called via satellite phone (yes, they had those back then) in the middle of the night and spent most of the day in the embassy. I didn't find out until after the game.

I was at work at Adair AFS, Oregon. The site immediately went to DEFCON 3, because no one knew if the assassination was the prelude to war.

flashguy

I was 5 years old and my folks were Republicans. Nonetheless, my mother wept almost the whole day.

I guess we'll never know for sure why he was assassinated. But, the result was LBJ becoming president, and our complete involvement in Viet Nam.

I was still in my mom's belly.

I was in the 8th grade. It is amazing the reaction then ,compared to what it would be now.

Simpler and more polite times.

I killed my first buck 44 years ago today

! was almost six, but remember my mom crying while she watched the news.

I was one year old. I remember it well. The light over my crib flickered and went out.

11 y/o. Home from school sick at my aunt's house. She woke me up to tell me the President had been shot.

Haas any of the networks even mentioned this today? I was at the gym this morning and did not see anything.

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Originally posted by PR64:
I was still in my mom's belly.

mom says I was breastfeeding when she heard the news,,


(not quite 2 months old)