That day changed my life too. I had volunteered at Republican headquarters and was the best fundraiser they ever had, even though I was just 26. The head of the state Republican Party took me to lunch, was offering me a job at state Republican headquarters, which would mean moving there. We sat at a table with full view of the TV set when Walter Cronkite came on to announce JFK was shot. Some live footage was shown.
All I wanted to do was get home to my little kids, and he did too. End of my political career, and probably all for the best.
Actually, I met JFK when I was 18, was assistant to famous photographer who was Jackie’s favorite. Friend Peggy and I were at Dem National Convention, where she worked for.a photographer too. Our parents had met photographer and knew we’d be OK.
I was 8, nearly 9 years old in 3rd grade.
Our small town rural school was a one-building 1-12 grades all in one place.
We were in Central Time zone and it was lunch time.
After or class went to lunch we had a short recess before classes restarted.
The school auditorium was adjacent our classroom, and during lunch they had a TV going down near the stage and usually there were a few juniors and seniors sitting around watching.
I remember seeing a bunch of the teachers and older students running down the hallway to get to the auditorium.
Being just a kid it didn’t dawn on me that something big was going on or what it was, my only concern was recess.
Later that day, about 2pm or so, a teacher came to our classroom and called our teacher out to the hallway for a second.
When she came back in, she was somber and sad looking, and slowly announced to us that President Kennedy had been shot and killed in Dallas that morning...........