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In reply to the discussion: How old were you when JFK killed [View all]whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)53. I was 8 and have an indelible memory from that day
We had a housekeeper for a short period when both my parents were working. I believe her name was Betsy, and she was very sweet. 11/22/63, I got off the school bus, breezed through the front door, and the first thing I encountered was Betsy sitting on the fireplace stoop, weeping inconsolably. I froze in place and asked her what was wrong. She turned to me, tears streaming down her face, and choked out "Child, they killed the president". It was shocking to hear, but what really got me was the depth of her sorrow. I had never seen anyone that sad before. It was my first sense of how important JFK was to the nation.
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College freshman too, went home that weekend with friend, for 'Thanksgiving.' so also went
elleng
Nov 2012
#3
Same here. Was walking across the quad between classes. Every one just stood around in a
LoisB
Nov 2012
#40
12-yrs old, in vocal music class. They put the radio announcements over the intercom.
txwhitedove
Nov 2012
#15
My mum was 17 and in Haiti---JFK meant nothing to her. She was living through Papa Doc. n/t
vaberella
Nov 2012
#18
I was 15 yrs old. I was in study hall at high school. The principal came on the loud speaker and
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#19
About to turn 7. My earliest political memory was shaking JFK's hand at a rally in New Haven
leveymg
Nov 2012
#32
Your Dad fuckng rocks. Contrast JFK (and the Kennedy family's tradition of
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#80
Me too (4). I have no memories of it, naturally. But I do remember that
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#82
Same exactly with me & my birthday & grade, and we had a similar experience in class. We had just
We People
Nov 2012
#169
It was a Friday and I was 19 and hitch hiking home from college and got picked up by a trucker.
PuppyBismark
Nov 2012
#50
Your first paragraph reminds me of Don Delillo's "White Noise" for that
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#90
12 here as well. Sitting in Mrs. Harris's 8th grade English class when we heard the news.
11 Bravo
Nov 2012
#198
OT somewhat, but I'm not really sure that news was appropriate to put on
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#98
3 days before my 13th birthday.. It was tragic and devasting & I remember like it was yesterday.
whathehell
Nov 2012
#131
I was 9. I remember my fourth grade teacher cried when she announced the news.
Chemisse
Nov 2012
#133
I was 29. I recall almost every thing that was on the news that day as though it happened
ladjf
Nov 2012
#137
My Daddy hadn't even met my Mommy yet, so I wasn't even a gleam in his eye. nt
LaydeeBug
Nov 2012
#138
16, in the crowded hallway at school. Not a funny joke, I thought. Went into chemistry class...
Hekate
Nov 2012
#155
I was 7 in the second grade the principal announced it over the pa system. The sister told us to put
kimbutgar
Nov 2012
#172
"The President is dead." came over the loudspeaker in my elementary school class.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#185