I was a couple years old and all I remember was being happy about all the horses on TV.
I was in second grade.
I didn’t feel too much as we weren’t a political family. I certainly didn’t understand why everyone was so upset Ruby killed Oswald. I was a TV/westerns kid and it seemed like the right thing - “He killed he president so he should be shot.” was how my preadolescent brain processed it.
I mostly remember there was NOTHING else on TV for what seemed like weeks. Even my favorite show and the number one rated show in the country at the time - The Beverly Hillbillies. It seemed unnecessary to have the endless coverage - and on EVERY (that is, all 3) channels!
I was a couple years old and all I remember was being happy about all the horses on TV.
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I was seven. We lived in Falls Church & my mother would take us to visit the horses kept for ceremonial purposes as at least three of us were horse crazy. I got to pet the nose of Black Jack, who was the ‘riderless horse’ in the parade. And one of those white horses pulling the caisson bit my mother. I think his name was Cloud Burst.