Community Chat

[luvmybeetle]

Yes, it was quite a day.  I was 18 and in Business College.  When one of the guys yelled out, "the President has been shot", everyone screamed.  I just started to cry and could not stop.  When we were told we could go home I went out into the city and you could hear a pin drop, it was so quiet.

I also watched Ruby kill Oswald live on TV.  

I will always remember this day for the rest of my life.  As a matter of fact, last year on this date I had a heart cath and just before they put me out I said John Kennedy was killed on this day.

[twinny70]

I was in Home Ec class when we heard about president Kennedy being shot.   We were all sent home from school  early and I was glued to the TV.   Still remember that day and my Grandma would have been 135 years old today.

Glenda

[AZfem]

It was the gloomiest of weekends with nothing else on the 3 tv channels but coverage of the assassination. The gloom stayed over us til the Beatles came to America in February '64 & gave us kids something to be excited about & fun returned to our lives. 

[Burnsite]

Such a sad day. We were sent home from school. 

I felt so bad for Jacqueline Kennedy, and teared up when her little son, John, saluted his father's casket as it passed.

[patbz]

I remember it well. I was a sophomore at University of Md ( and as I was from Silver Spring I had seen JFK a number of times, including at his very snowy inaugural). My sorority sisters and I were very traumatized, as was everyone in USA. Some of us drove to Capitol late that night and waited in a miles long line ( 10-12 people across) to pay our respects. 61 years later I'm still glad we did that.

[goldensrbest]

I remember exactly where i was, in my bedroom playing records, we had a small house heard something on the tv, walked in to the living room,

[monicakm]

@Shelbelle 

I was four.  I don't remember the day, just the stories I've heard many times from my parents.  Dad was in the Army so I'm not sure what state we were in.  Maybe KY.  Thanks for letting us know.  I don't have the tv on so I wouldn't have known.

[monicakm]

@Mom2Dogs 

Our grade school teacher gave each of us a hug as we got on the school bus

I remember when teachers did that.  Not so much anymore   I'm sure there are some children who got the only hug of the day from their teacher.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I was only 4 years old, so no memory of it, but definitely a very dark day indeed.

[monicakm]

@beckyb1012 

Has there been talk over the years of what your parents thought would happen if they said it was their car?   That sounds ominous.