Reply #96: At work

[Individualist]

in the medical records dept. of a hospital in northwestern NC. The medical records librarian had returned from a late lunch and told us that Kennedy had been shot. We went to a TV and heard the report that JFK had died. That evening one of my closest friends was to be married in my hometown in TN, and the small wedding proceeded as planned since it was too late to change plans. As I drove into my hometown, I saw that PT 109 was showing at a local drive-in.

In 1961 I got to see JFK. The senior class at my high school took a class trip to Washington and New York in May. We were to have left Washington early Wednesday morning, but when teachers learned that JFK was to be in a parade, they delayed our departure so we could see the President. I remember thinking his hair looked redder in person than in newsreels and photos.