Charles Guiteau might have been madman (as well as a “dissatisfied office seeker”).
Oswald (if he even was the assassin) wasn’t.
I was in 2nd grade. We listened to the coverage in our classroom on a radio.
We had a substitute teacher that day. Our regular teacher took the day off, as she had connections, and was attending a luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart, where Kennedy was scheduled to speak.
Who was behind JFK’s public execution is the most compelling question of the 20th Century, for me.