[hanamizu]

“It’s funny how it’s a moment frozen in time for those of us old enough to remember. I was just settling down in a physiology class. Some girls who had a radio in their gym locker room (remember dressing for gym?) were saying that Kennedy had been shot. After class had begun, and I still can remember we were looking microscope slides of the three types of muscle, when the announcement was made Kennedy had died and we were to have a moment of silence and prayer for ‘President Johnson’ which at the time sounded so strange.

A girl next to me started crying and then the teacher said, OK, let’s get back to work. The question we all were asking was “Will they let us out of school?” They didn’t.

[Balding_Eagle]

I was in geometry class.

First words anyone said was from the guy next to me :well, they finally got him”.

Left me speechless.

[MayflowerMadam]

I recall it was just before Thanksgiving. We went to Grandpa’s farm for the holiday and it was all over the news (”the news” being CBS, NBC, and ABC). Grandpa kept mumbling something like, “Look at those fools, snaking him all over the place.”

[Sans-Culotte]

I was in the first grade. We had had recess, and another teacher came in and told us the news. Our teacher was so upset she had to go home. We were told to sit at our desks quietly for awhile and were then sent home early. On my 7th birthday, two days later, I was playing outside with some friends when my grandmother came out and told us someone had shot the guy who killed the President. We all cheered.

All though the 60's Kennedy was idolized as the great martyr. I knew he wasn't what he was cracked up to be, but I still find him fascinating. He's like a movie star. His charm and charisma were off the charts. He wasn't really what he seemed, but he seemed larger than life.