I was in elementary school when it happened and I remember to this day for some strange reason that I was walking to school with my friend and we were talking about it and we decided that it was Johnson that order him killed.
I have no idea why all these years later I would even remember this but, it must have left a lasting impression on me.
I was 3 years old and I remember thinking Johnson had it done.
OK, so I don’t remember.
If it was a conspiracy, the tracks have all been covered. If it wasn’t, there were no tracks to begin with.
So I don’t really care.
I was in the first grade when I heard it (it was in the afternoon, and our teacher was so overcome with grief she had to leave early). I don't remember anyone saying Johnson did it other than my dad, who hated both JFK and LBJ. I do remember playing outside with some friends on my 7th birthday when my grandmother ran out to tell me "someone shot the guy who killed the president!" My friends and I said things like "all riiight!". So, in those days, most of us believed Oswald was the guy whodunnit.
I still do.
First impressions are lasting. On the day of the event, even before the official announcement that JFK had died, the television networks were showing the events of the day leading up to it. Highly noticeable was the look on LBJ's face as the Presidential party deplaned that morning: it was grim. Add to that the fact that LBJ wasn't happy with second place on the ticket, that they were in Texas to mend internal party fences, and that this was LBJ's home territory, where he had considerable cadres who had already broken many laws on his behalf, and you have the lasting impression that he set the whole thing up. You don't have proof, but you can't escape the impression.
At 2:30 in the afternoon?
Isn’t that funny what you remember? I too remember being a little girl and stating for a fact that LBJ did it.
My relatives all would give me a funny face when I kept insisting on it. Maybe they thought that too but were afraid to say it.