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NOVEMBER 22, 1963

Love my grandkids — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:45:08 GMT

Today marks the 58th year since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A sad day for our country. I'm 73 and remember it well.

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newjersey — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:49:55 GMT

I was four when this happened and don't remember it at all.

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:52:38 GMT

I was in the tenth grade and remember the announcement over the schools loud speaker.

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:54:31 GMT

I was two and living in California at the time from Texas with my family. Mom told me of the people in the diner we were eating lunch at when the news came out. Someone spotted our car with the Texas plates and wanted to know who it belonged to. Mom and Dad said nothing but loaded my one year old brother and myself back in the car when they went back to watching the coverage on the Diner's television. Mom said it was one of the scariest moments in her life when they asked who the car belonged to?

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skatting44 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:57:57 GMT

Unfortunately, we may never know the truth as to who else was really involved in the assassination . I saw another program being advertised , so not sure if they have identified any additional possible culprits from those mentioned in other prior TV specials.

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HLP — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:01:05 GMT

@newjersey wrote:
I was four when this happened and don't remember it at all.

I was 30 yesrs old, and remember it too well. What a sad whole week . It was all there was on TV. Just a crush on our nation. I didn't vote for him, but he was my President. We were all sick over it. Must never happen again.

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Buffalogal47 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:12:42 GMT

I was a junior in high school in Chicago when that happened. I'll never forget it as long as I live.

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twinsister — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:27:51 GMT

I was in school - the 5th grade. Another teacher came into our classroom, whispered to my teacher and they both started to cry. An announcement came over the loudspeaker and we were sent home. I remember my family being glued to the TV the whole weekend, seeing Jack Ruby shoot Oswald and the funeral.

In 1960, when JFK was campaigning in NYC, he spoke at a an outdoor rally near my home. My father took me with him and we managed to stand up front. JFK looked down at me and smiled. I will never forget it.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:29:56 GMT

I was only 4 years old when this happened, so no recollection of it....My brother and two older sisters, who were 14,15 and 16 were all sent home from school.....

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:45:59 GMT

I lived in Southern California my first 61 years and when he campaigned in that area my mom went to some event where he was and just gushed about how handsome she thought he was.

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BoopOMatic — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:50:39 GMT

@twinsister wrote:
I was in school - the 5th grade. Another teacher came into our classroom, whispered to my teacher and they both started to cry. An announcement came over the loudspeaker and we were sent home. I remember my family being glued to the TV the whole weekend, seeing Jack Ruby shoot Oswald and the funeral.

In 1960, when JFK was campaigning in NYC, he spoke at a an outdoor rally near my home. My father took me with him and we managed to stand up front. JFK looked down at me and smiled. I will never forget it.

Wow!!! What a great memory!

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MalteseMomma — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:00:33 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
Today marks the 58th year since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A sad day for our country. I'm 73 and remember it well.

@Love my grandkids

........and noone mentioned it on the news today at leasdt not on any news station I was watching!

I was just pulling into my driveway, I remember it well.

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sugarbee — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:22:42 GMT

In 1960 during the presidential campaign in West Virginia I was in 9th grade. I asked my Social Science teacher if our class could be excused to go see JFK give a speech on the court house steps. She sent me to ask the principal and we were allowed to go.

My best friend and I were in front of the large crowd that gathered. After he completed his speech he came down into the crowd, and I was on one side of JFK and my friend was on the other side. I gave him my pencil to sign autographs for us and I still has his autograph to this day.

He was so handsome - tan, freckles, and charming to all, regardless of age. During the Cuban Missle Crises I remember watching him on TV and thinking there would be no future for any of us. I was at my first job when I heard the news of his death (had just turned 18) and wrote a poem while still at work expressing my sorrow. All Americans were bonded in total grief and two months later I joined the service.

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:30:57 GMT

I was in 9th grade French class whe the announcement came over the PA that he had been shot. My teacher said to pray, we were all stunned. Later when the announcement that he had died came I just couldn't believe something like that could happen here. When I walked home the whole town seemed to be silent. It was truly horrible.

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Jk9 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:09:49 GMT

I was 12 and sitting in class when one of our teachers came into the room and announced the assassination. I still remember the shock of hearing it. We were sent home since there was a lot of fear as to what might happen. Remember seeing the entire event play out on live tv including the shooting of Oswald. A very scary time for America. It is so disturbing to now hear about all the incompetence around the investigation and all the strange things that were or weren't done. No wonder there is still so much controversy.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:30:09 GMT

@MalteseMomma True. NONE have mentioned it that I've heard. Shameful.

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twinsister — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:08:01 GMT

@MalteseMomma - I have not heard any mention of it on the news so far today. How sad and disrespectful to ignore this terrible event in our country's history.

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Mombo1 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:08:44 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
I was in the tenth grade and remember the announcement over the schools loud speaker.

@proudlyfromNJ I was also in the 10th grade. When the announcement came over the loud speaker...everyone was in total shock. We were dismissed early. A day I will never forget. I still have the newspaper that came out the next day with many black and white pictures of that terrible day.

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Goodie2shoes — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:33:21 GMT

I was in the 8th grade and remember it being announced over the pa system and many of us in the class started crying. The news here today made reference to the importance of this date.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:45:06 GMT

@Love my grandkids It was a Friday and kind of cloudy here in eastern PA. We first knew something was wrong when we saw people walk by the windows of our classroom crying. Then our teacher told us what happened. I went home and remember just walking back and forth on the lawn and on a ladder that was lying down outside of the garage. We didn't have a TV, so our Dad drove us over to our grandparents house to watch TV. I remember the newscasters faces and tone of voice. My parents told us to pray for the nation.