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In reply to the discussion: In memoriam: President John F. Kennedy [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)77. Junior year in Latin class
Announcement came over the PA that we should assemble in the auditorium. The principal gave us the news, and led us in prayer. No TVs in the school, but we got a radio broadcast. My sense of optimism, the sense that all of us together could make the world a better place, died that day. Not that I've given up--still raging against the dying of the light--just with a sense of the total indeterminacy of any outcomes.
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Abe Lincoln might give JFK a run for his money, at least for working people
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#54
I was in Mrs. Kloster's English class when we heard the news. I'll never forget;
libinnyandia
Nov 2012
#6
I shook his hand in 1960 when he was running for President. It's hard to tell how proud
byeya
Nov 2012
#7
JFK was the first president that I actually remember in my lifetime, so in my eyes, nobody else
We People
Nov 2012
#8
I listened to the AM-format song (short version) over and over that summer. Then
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#63
Friday. I was all dressed up for my senior pictures after school. And a play in the city.
aquart
Nov 2012
#93
Essential reading: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters,"
Peace Patriot
Nov 2012
#86
I, too, was a freshman in college that day. Buildings full of peole were silent while we watched TV
SharonAnn
Nov 2012
#26
I was in english class--and I remember staring at the pa box in shock--certain that another student
niyad
Nov 2012
#52
We might have seen actual nuclear disarmament following JFK's likely re-election - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#58
I was in my 7th grade class in St. Petersburg, FL when the announcement was made....
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#59
Thanks for sharing that. Some of my 7th grade class began cheering too. This was in lower SC. nt
raccoon
Nov 2012
#98
This thread has made me realize again how thankful I am for my elders on DU. I was just
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#61
Thanks ailsagirl. JFK's murder became the dividing line in the lives of a generation. I was 15.
Zen Democrat
Nov 2012
#82
Highly recommended: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters,"
Peace Patriot
Nov 2012
#87