Re: November 22, 1963

willdob3 · ‎11-01-2010

@haddon9 wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
@on the bay So you saw the funeral procession. You saw history as it happened, unfortunately what sad history.

My Dad took us to Arlington Cemetery shortly after the Eternal Flame was lite.

I was in seventh grade when Kennedy was assassinated. We were not told in school. It was a Friday afternoon so when we left school there was a food truck parked outside the school. So we lined up to buy a snack and the man in the truck told us about the assassination.

We all went to the nearest friend's house near the school. And we all piled in to turn on the TV.
@drizzellla We weren't told in school either. I went to public school in Brooklyn, NY and only found out on my way home from school. An older boy walking home told all of us younger kids.

I have heard that most schools told their students but just don't know why ours never mentioned it.

@haddon9 That is similar to what happened with me. We were told to go home but not why. Walking home, an older girl told us that her teacher said the president had been shot. I didn't believe it until I got home and saw on TV.

bargainsgirl · ‎01-13-2012

@kaydee50 wrote:
Hard to believe it's 62 years since JFK was assassinated. I was in a freshman year civics class when the announcement was made by the principal.

I was in 5th grade...came in from recess and they told us...

Queen of shop · ‎12-13-2020

@kaydee50 I was in the fourth grade of my Catholic school. The custodian who always wore an earpiece to his small transistor in his pocket, came to our classroom door and got the teachers attention. The teacher was not a nun, she was a lay teacher as they were called.

The expression on the teachers face informed all of us that something very bad happened. A short time later there was a school wide announcement that The President was gone. We were all lead in prayers by the Principal over the intercom. Talk about life coming at you fast!! It was surreal and too much to absorb. We all were dismissed early.

For days at our home we ate supper on TV snack trays in the living room watching the black and white TV coverage. I will never forget the black horse with the tall leather black boots in the stirrups backwards. I asked my dad why??? He told me that the Commander in Chief was dead and could no longer ride the horse into a battle. The answer satisfied me. Can't believe my dad came up with that answer and didn't brush me off. My dad stayed calm too at my question. Years later, it meant a lot to me.

Prayers up for Tatiana

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@alliswell wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
I had just graduated from college in August and was working in a department store awaiting the start of my USAF Officer Traing School class to start January 2nd.

The news came over a TV in an adjacent department of the store.
@Kachina624 Did you serve in Vietnam?

@alliswell. During the Vietnam era but not in Vietnam. The only women allowed in combat zones in those days were nurses.

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Seminole2 · ‎01-16-2020

I wasn't even 5 yet but I remember our little black and white television having nothing but news on. 2 stations at the time. I remember watching the procession and the train on television.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

Another teacher beckoned to my 6th grade teacher to go into the hallway. She came back crying, told us happened and to go home.

It was the only news covered for days on every tv and radio channel.

roeroe1005 · ‎03-13-2010

I was in third grade, just turned 8 years old. All third graders were brought in one room that had a TV. I remember looking out the window and thinking "is that man going to shoot us here too?". Just an eerie quiet all around.

The weird thing is that on 9/11, my office building was in the same city as the county airport. And I remember that same scary quiet as there were no planes flying over us.

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

I was in 8th grade science class taking a test when the principal made the announcement...our teacher cried, we bowed our heads & prayed, school was dismissed early. I remember walking to my locker & all the teachers were standing outside their room & the halls were eerily quiet.

DSD2 · ‎01-09-2016

! was 8 and remember walking in line of students as the Sisters led us outside past the huge iron gates where our parents waited...

I remember the day with great sadness. An unspeakable tragedy and an incomprehensible loss.

Mombo1 · ‎11-02-2015

@kaydee50 wrote:

@Mombo1 wrote:
@kaydee50 wrote:
Hard to believe it's 62 years since JFK was assassinated. I was in a freshman year civics class when the announcement was made by the principal.
@kaydee50 I remember it as well. I was also in civics class..freshman year. We were dismissed early....
@Mombo1 wrote:
@kaydee50 wrote:
Hard to believe it's 62 years since JFK was assassinated. I was in a freshman year civics class when the announcement was made by the principal.
@kaydee50 I remember it as well. I was also in civics class..freshman year. We were dismissed early....
Maybe we were in the same class???!!