Jacqueline Kennedy’s bloody suit

MSNBC ^ | 22-November-2003 | Pedantic_Lady

[Pedantic_Lady]

As a Dallas native, I just have to say that Jackie Kennedy did our nation proud that day. She was class defined.

[Paul Atreides]

I think that I read somewhere that, on the day that Reagan was shot, Jackie was visiting someone in the same hospital where they took RR, and comforted Nancy during his surgery.

[South40]

Yeah, well, I've got my own.

[Pedantic_Lady]

[jjbrouwer]

Before my time but a sad day, I'm sure. Along with 911 and Princess Diana's death, it has to be one of the biggest news stories since WW2.

[Pedantic_Lady]

Yeah...JFK was assassinated 12 years before I was born, but since I grew up in Dallas, I couldn't ever get away from it. They didn't open the 6th floor museum until I was a teenager and even when I was a kid, the assassination was kind of an off-limits topic; I think it was too painful for a lot of people. My dad was in downtown Dallas that day; he didn't see the shooting but he heard it; he won't talk about it. I knew John Brewer personally; he's the man who pointed Lee Harvey Oswald out to the Dallas police at the Texas Theater. We went on a field trip in 1987 to Dealey Plaza, then to the Dallas police station where Oswald was held and later murdered; we got to stand in the exact spot. They don't let you do that anymore.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

The blood is seen on the skirt here.

[jjbrouwer]

It will be different tomorrow but I read somewhere that more people flock to Dallas each year to see Southfork (Miss Ellie/JR etc) than Dealey Plaza. Crazy old world.

[South40]

Yeah...JFK was assassinated 12 years before I was born

I was alive that day and I remember it quite well.

I was 6-years-old. My school was two blocks away from my home. I arrived home that day to find my mother sobbing while glued to the TV screen. I inquired as to what was wrong and she told me the president had been killed. I knew who JFK was as his picture was hanging on the wall in our living room.

My mother passed away on Sept. 30th of this year. At a gathering after her funeral my siblings and I went through boxes of her belongings. Among them were front page LA Times stories of both JFK and RFK's deaths. I have them now.

[Endeavor]

I'm watching the Aussies sing their national anthem just now. They're playing the Kiwis. I love to watch Rugby to try and figure out the rules.

RE: Jackie Kennedy. Yes, she defined toughness through those days. But I doubt she married Ari for his looks.

[Pedantic_Lady]

It will be different tomorrow but I read somewhere that more people flock to Dallas each year to see Southfork (Miss Ellie/JR etc) than Dealey Plaza. Crazy old world.

I don't know about that...when I took my husband to Dallas, Southfork was empty but Dealey Plaza was full of tourists; it is really what people go to see. It's to be avoided on the 22nd of November, though; it's full of weird conspiracy theorists who actually comb the knoll, looking for shell casings or some such nonsense. There's a JFK "Limo Tour" in Dallas, too; it's a restored Lincoln convertible limo similar to the one JFK used that day; they follow the parade route as accurately as possible (it can't be followed exactly because the direction of Houston street is one-way in the wrong direction) and when they get to a certain spot on Elm street, the car comes to a complete stop, plays tape of gunfire and screaming, then speeds off. It's so TACKY.

[South40]

I've always been amazed at the incredible strength Jackie showed during that time.

I remember hearing a quote. When asked if she wanted to change clothes she said no...let them see what they have done.

Who was "they"?

[Pedantic_Lady]

My mother passed away on Sept. 30th of this year. At a gathering after her funeral my siblings and I went through boxes of her belongings. Among them were front page LA Times stories of both JFK and RFK's deaths. I have them now.

My dad was 18 at the time; he saved the morning paper from that day, the one with the "wanted for treason" bits in it, plus the later editions discussing the assassination itself. He kept the paper from when RFK was shot, too.

[jjbrouwer]

There's a good documentary on Bravo right now, which documents an audio diary RFK kept after his brother's death. He talks about how disgusted he was at LBJ for parading Jackie around so soon after the shooting and how much he had been against Johnson's original appointment as Vice President.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Who was "they"?

'They' would be the person or people who were against her husband and caused his death. Kennedy stood in the way of power for a whole bunch of folks.

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[Inyo-Mono]

Among them were front page LA Times stories of both JFK and RFK's deaths. I have them now.

I was 13 when JFK was assassinated. After hearing the news over the radio, I jumped on my bike and rode to the nearest newspaper racks where I purchased both the LA Times and the Herald Express with the JFK story on the front cover. I still have both copies.

[South40]

'They' would be the person or people who were against her husband and caused his death. Kennedy stood in the way of power for a whole bunch of folks.

I meant...more specifically. Who are the "folks"?

[Pedantic_Lady]

RE: Jackie Kennedy. Yes, she defined toughness through those days. But I doubt she married Ari for his looks.

Probably not, but she was still far classier than some of the trash that passes for a celebrity these days.

[Lizavetta]

'They' would be the person or people who were against her husband and caused his death. Kennedy stood in the way of power for a whole bunch of folks.

If you believe Sam Giancana's brother's book, the mob did it, one of the reasons being they helped put him in office with the understanding that Bobby would get the FBI off Giancana's back. Instead the hassling of Giancana and Friends increased, and you know the rest of the story.