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Where were you 58 years ago today?
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Posted on 11/22/2021 11:35:08 AM PST by gdzla

I was in third grade. Happy to be a Friday and looking forward to drawing and coloring instead of catechism class after lunch.


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To: gdzla

Almost 2. Likely my 3 older brothers were farting in my face every chance they got. That’s the story.


181 posted on 11/22/2021 2:34:57 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: Carl Vehse

The first Iever heard about JFK’s sex scandals, I was going to college and an elective I chose was “Law 101”. The lawyer/teacher took us on a field trip to the Federal Building in downtown Chicago. We visited the FBI and the Secret Service. If I remember right, the SS agent who was in charge of the Chicago office told us about JFK’s womanizing. He claimed that he was the agent that actually drove Kennedy to clandestine meetings with different women.


182 posted on 11/22/2021 2:36:00 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: gdzla

And I trust you have great memories of 3rd grade.


183 posted on 11/22/2021 2:37:26 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: telescope115
Nancy gave a new meaning to "White House Intern" before Monica was even born.


184 posted on 11/22/2021 2:38:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: TigersEye

;)


185 posted on 11/22/2021 2:38:45 PM PST by EEGator
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To: RatRipper

I had just turned 8 and in 2nd grade in Nichols Independent School.

I have no memories of the day - at all.

I remember being confused on Sunday when Oswald was killed. I was like, “Hey, if he killed the president shouldn’t we be glad he got what he deserved?” Childlike simplistic thinking but still sort of right. But also probably based on watching a few too many Westerns where the bad guy gets it in the end.

I did recently ask my older brother what he remembered. He would have been in 8th grade in the same school. He said one of the girl students had a transistor radio and told one of the teachers who doubted her. But eventually they had the janitor, who had a radio in his shop, listen and confirmed it.

He couldn’t remember if we got out early or not.

And like others of my age and maturity, I was very upset that there was NOTHING on TV for a long time, on every channel, just news coverage. I was CERTAIN at least the Beverly Hillbillies would be on - that was the most popular show at the time. But even that was pre-empted, of course.


186 posted on 11/22/2021 2:40:44 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for oPeace is like breathing for food. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I can still hear the screams of all the little girls “

I can still hear the cheers of all the kids in study hall. (Conservstive town.)


187 posted on 11/22/2021 2:42:43 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: LeonardFMason

They just wanted to help you build up your innate immunity.

Back then we did things the old fashioned way.


188 posted on 11/22/2021 2:43:53 PM PST by TigersEye (Ray Epps didn't kill himself.)
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To: gdzla

I was about to turn 3. I don’t specifically remember the news of his death but have a vivid snapshot memory of the funeral. It is the earliest memory I have that I can put a date on.


189 posted on 11/22/2021 2:45:49 PM PST by Clay Moore (Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: gdzla

Sitting in the first row of the Physics 131 class in Ryerson at University of Chicago. As someone who had worked for Nixon and against Kennedy in my last year of high school, I was sorry for the death of a relatively young man, but not devastated. We all went back to our dorms and it was very quiet.


190 posted on 11/22/2021 3:09:41 PM PST by mairdie (Trump's 2017 Year in Review - Purcell - https://youtu.be/4MwzhmsqCco)
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To: gdzla

I was a kid, home from school with a cold.


191 posted on 11/22/2021 3:12:43 PM PST by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: nascarnation

Forgot about that picture. I’ll bet she was human back then!


192 posted on 11/22/2021 3:15:17 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: gdzla

I got my first horse in 1963. I was 9 years old. Those were the best days of my life.


193 posted on 11/22/2021 3:16:57 PM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: gdzla

I got my first horse in 1963. I was 9 years old. Those were the best days of my life.


194 posted on 11/22/2021 3:16:58 PM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I was in school here:

https://bugbee.whps.org/school-information

The place still exists. It looked old then!


195 posted on 11/22/2021 3:18:40 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: gdzla
Cambridge MA as a five year old. Vividly remember my family's reaction. Mom's half (Irish) was of the Irish Catholic persuasion. Dad's half (Italian) was Roman Catholic.

Both sides thought God himself died.

196 posted on 11/22/2021 3:30:18 PM PST by ex91B10 (Just because you can doesn't mean you should. )
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To: ex91B10

what did they think of his brother, the swimmer?


197 posted on 11/22/2021 3:34:40 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: gdzla

I wasn’t even close to being conceived yet.


198 posted on 11/22/2021 4:19:44 PM PST by Trillian
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To: gdzla

I was in Marine Corps boot camp. We had just marched to the rifle range, and the range master announced the news. We marched back to our area and were told to be ready to pack up and be issued ammo. Didn’t know where we would be going, but we were ready! Oorah!


199 posted on 11/22/2021 4:23:02 PM PST by Thinking Man Sr.
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To: GraceG; ransomnote

200 posted on 11/22/2021 4:23:05 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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