I was in junior high...sitting in a classroom when the announcement came over the loudspeaker. I was 12...but still hit hard by that. I probably couldn’t have voiced my feelings sufficiently...but I knew it was a horrible thing...and wrong.
I was 13, had just received my Eagle Scout Rank 3 days earlier — still have my wallet card w/ JFK’s 11/20/63 signature as Honorary Chairman — and was sitting in HS Geometry Class, and it came over PA System. School was dismissed for 5 days, so we could be with our families. I saw Oswald killed by Ruby, live on TV, the funeral etc. Terrible time for America.