I was in school changing class when it came over the loudspeaker. The cheers were deafening.
To say he was unpopular in Florida would be an understatement.
Oh Beagle...you made my day!!!
I was thinking about this earlier and cringing in shame at the memory. I was in 5th grade, in class, when the teacher made the announcement and was the only one who cheered! We were a rabid Pub family, my mother having immigrated to the US after surviving Nazi-occupied France.
I feel so less guilty now and so much better thanks to your post!!!
I was in Harry Guppy High School in Windsor, Ontario, Canada also changing classes, was going down stairs to lower level when the announcement came over the loudspeaker that he was shot.
Students were shocked and crying.
Of course we only saw the Camelot part of Kennedy and never followed the politics of those damn rich yankees.