I was not born then but from what I hear it was a horrible day for America. Glad we overcame this tragedy. God Bless America.
Even when President Reagan was shot, I just knew he was going to make it...
I was scraping paint on the 01 deck of the USS Vulcan (AR-5) when the word of the assassination was spread.
As a 20 year old Seaman, I’m sad to say that my first reaction was concern that my weekend liberty would be canceled.
Something those of us who were old enough to remember will never forget. God forbid this ever happens again.
God Bless the USA!
I was in lunch room when we got word. I was in the 7th grade.
I recall walking into our Living Room and my Mom was watching Black and White TV and she said "Kennedy's been shot".
We sat there in shocked silence while we watched the news reports.
Events unfolded quickly.
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I was in 2nd grade in northern Calif. The teacher took a call on the intercom phone from the front office and then announced the President had been shot. About a half hour or so later she told us he was dead. School was dismissed, and I remember seeing nothing but assassination coverage on all the TV channels. Though it was 45 years ago and I was only 7, I remember it well.
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I was not alive at the time (although I do remember the 20th anniversary). My father was in his high school theology class, when one of the Christian Brothers ran in and said, "the President has been shot."
I remember thinking "why would I wan't to watch a funeral?". She must have made me come in because I remember watching the procession with the caisson and the riderless horse.
Years later I read "Six Seconds in Dallas" and have been a JFK assassination buff ever since.
Later that evening they brought his body to Bethesda, and immediately locked down the entire hospital. The Kennedy family arrived and took over the whole 5th floor, and while there no doctors or nurses were permitted to leave or arrive. I finally gave birth to my daughter the next morning, but couldn't have my regular doctor with me since he wasn't allowed to come while the hospital was still on lock down. It was truly a very eerie time. I particularly remember was the dead silence surrounding the whole place.
I remember grabbing my new baby...and going down to my land lady...It was “unreal”....
Fresh out of college, I faked a fever to leave work early to go see him when they drove down Airport Blvd. I'm glad I did. I was a Young Republican, not a big jfk FAN, but I wanted to see him. They had been in FL and he was tanned and looked good ...blue eyes, big grin.
Because security was not what it is today (or would be the next day) the crowd stood along the curb and they passed in the open convertible...really close to the people.
Everything came to a halt after the assassination. I was supposed to go to a Peter, Paul, and Mary concert that night but it was cancelled.
I feel old.
I was in kindergarten. And I remember. Our family was Catholic and Democrat and we loved this man. It was like a death in the family.
I was in 10th grade in ‘63, and remember it all as if it was yesterday. We first learned about it in Bookkeeping class. Somebody had a transistor radio on them, and despite the fact that they were not allowed, our teacher let us listen to the broadcasts. Americans were glued to the TV those four days. Sunday, the 24th, we were getting ready to sit down to dinner. We always ate at noon. We had the TV on, and they were getting ready to move Lee Harvey Oswald. We were watching it live when shots rang out and Oswald was hit. It all happened so fast. Then of course we watched the funeral all day Monday. It’s hard to believe it all happened 45 years ago. I’m getting old!!!
Was in Europe listening to Armed Forces Network. Bulletin: ‘Connally and Kennedy have been shot.’ I had no idea who they were talking about.
That’s all they said right then. Half an hour later they went to solemn music.