I was only one year old at the time so the event did not register with me at the time. But I sure heard a lot about it in years to come.
You mean where was I when a Communist killed the President of the United States.
Respectfully....FR has to have the oldest base of users in the entire political comment world.
Sometimes its good though, but sometimes its bad. It’s almost like a lot of people spent the last 25 years here, starting in their 40s and 50s, but new people didn’t really come on board in meaningful numbers. So the average age keeps going up. I definitely feel much older than I was in 2001, with my original user name shortly after 9/11.
I still consider this the gold standard of discussion boards though. Even after my Opus a few years ago. LOL.
First grade and probably drooling over a J.C. Penney Christmas catalog.
3rd grade field trip, got back after lunch, almost missed the friday ice cream day. got back to class room and found out what happen and got sent home
I was 1st grade. Remember it well because my mom went to the hospital after I got home and had to have a gallbladder surgery. I remember someone from the office made an announcement over the intercom. A lot was going on that day.
I was in 3rd grade too.
In the morning I had misbehaved, and for punishment I had to stay in the classroom and eat my lunch and ponder my sins instead of going outside onto the playground. Then, while I was so pondering, in came Sr. Beatrice the principal, and she whispered the sad news to my 3rd grade teacher.
You know how children figure out Cause and Effect: for years afterwards I was convinced that my bad behavior had caused the president’s death.
“I was in the presidential limousine with JFK when the shots were fired.” ~ Brian Williams
I was at a catholic school. They announced it on the PA system. I don’t recall any meltdowns on the part of teachers or students.
I was living in my previous incarnation as a retired Vaudeville showgirl named Edith.
I was in my high school sophomore class. After the intercom message we all said the rosary. I remember staying after school and debating the existence of God with my best friend. I used the hole in my soul argument. She used the why does God let bad things happen argument. She ended up going to Swarthmore so I sought whether she’s still a Catholic.
I was in my Junior year at The Citadel - and the radio station interrupted the song, “Hit the Road, Jack” to make the announcement.
They apologized afterward.
C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley also died on November 22, 1963.
I was in 3rd grade when Mrs. Sparks our teacher came in and told us the President had been shot in Dallas......................
I was in the Navy aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)..We were North of Hawaii returning to the States from a WestPac cruise.
I was in the Navy aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)..We were North of Hawaii returning to the States from a WestPac cruise.
Second grade. I was pi$$ed that TV was screwed up for a week afterwards. I have this reflexive dislike of Democrats( even at that young age) so the event was of little concern to me outside missing my cartoons.
I believe the folks from the series “Gilligan’s Island” were filming the intro to the series in Honolulu the next day, and when you watch them steaming out of the port, there is a flag at half mast in the background.
I was in 6th period study hall. Had only been there a short time when the principal’s secretary walked in and announced it. We didn’t have an intercom or speaker system back then.
playing with my d!ck in my play-pen in the front room.