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2016 Postmortem

question everything

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2. For many on DU this may be ancient history

Reply to johnlennon_shallrise (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 03:40 PM

Nov 2012

but for those of us, old geezers, and aging boomers, we will never forget where we were and how we heard about it.

And we can always sigh about how things could have changed. And then sigh and mourn again when we remember Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.

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49 Years Ago Today [View all] johnlennon_shallrise Nov 2012 OP

"most revered and treasured"? he was ok, with potential not realized nt msongs Nov 2012 #1

Yes that is what I said johnlennon_shallrise Nov 2012 #3

For many on DU this may be ancient history question everything Nov 2012 #2

I was just thinking of this. Third Doctor Nov 2012 #4

I was four years old and remember watching the funeral with my grandmother... Tx4obama Nov 2012 #5

I can still hear my beloved mother's johnlennon_shallrise Nov 2012 #6

High School geometry class...just the sight of the Principal slowly walking in with ashen face... libdem4life Nov 2012 #7

I was in seventh grade. shayes51 Nov 2012 #8

I don't remember it. I was only 7 months old. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #9