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Bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 10:35 pm: | 
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Wow can it be 40 years but on that day a rainy friday in new york city I was in my electronics class and a teacher came in yelling someone just killed the president! gosh that day is froze in my mind so clear CB ch-10 was dead that evening everyone gluded to the tv..... Anyone else remember that day? |
Tech808
| | Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 10:45 pm: |
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Science Class
Chiddix Jr High School, Normal, Illinois.
Teacher Mr. Fred Anderson.
Classes were suspended for day.
A Sad day in History. |
Dan
| | Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 11:31 pm: |
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I was home in Lancaster CA. Too sick to go to kindergarten, but able (after the school bus left)to play in front of the TV. I still remember seeing it and the funeral coverage later on. Sad stuff.
Dan |
Dinker1
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 2:00 am: |
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I was at work at Roller Derby Skate Corp. in Litchield Illinois and the Supt. of the plant came and told me, he said for me to tell all that had radios so they could turn them or and listen, very said day needlesley to say in the small plant of mostly woman employees. |
Dimstar
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 3:32 am: |
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I was 4 years old. I remember my mother and father crying and holding me. We were all very sad.Ed |
Lowpowerhal
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 7:56 am: |
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I was in math class at Washington Jr high In Ottumwa Iowa. Our math teacher Mrs Shuppy just walked in the door crying , Went over to desk and cried for what seemed like forever,Then she said( President Kennedy is dead) A erie silence for little while then some of girls in class started crying. We went home early that day. That evening we watch tv, When they was taken the Presidents body off the plane That when it sunk in . Thats the day the earth did stand still. |
Unit199
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 9:51 am: |
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I was in the service stationed at NavComSta85 Hawaii. I was in crypto room decoding top secret messages. A hush came over the room and one of the guys said, this is got to be a joke. Some else said, No, it is true because I have the message from the Commander of the Pacific Fleet in my hand. It was total shock. No one had much to say the rest of the day except, I just can't believe he is dead. Very sad time for everyone. |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 9:54 am: |
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I was on a Destroyer in the North Atlantic, we found out by radio. |
Mrhappy
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 11:20 am: |
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I was born February 1964,So i was in mommies tummy.
Man life was good back then,no job,no taxes,no worries. |
Skilletlicker
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 11:44 am: |
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i was in a dog food processing plant boning meat
when i first heard.a very trumatic time,was at my brothers house watching tv when oswald was killed
skilletlicker
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Pig040
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 12:06 pm: |
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5Th Grade math class, the teacher, meanest one in the school, came back in with tears streaming down her face. |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 12:47 pm: |
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It was a rainy day in Arkansas also because we were rained out on the construction job and some of us had a card game going. Man that news took the fun out of the card game real quick, everyone was glued to the television at once.
President Kennedy had been here where I live just one month before, he was dedicating the completion of the Dam that formed the Lake here. They just had the 40th year celebration for that also. scrapiron |
wildchild
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 12:54 pm: |
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I was in the second grade at Robert E Lee Elementry School in Owensboro Kentucky. The principal of the school came into all the class rooms and told all the kids. It was a very sad day the teachers were crying some kids were crying some didnt make a sound. They let school out early that day. That day is burned into my memory. |
Keithinatlanta
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 4:15 pm: |
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I was in PE class in 7th grade, Dresden Elementary School, ne Atlanta, Ga. PE Teacher had gone inside, then came back out to class to tell us what had just happened. A bunch of us guys really got mad!! And frustrated as well, because we knew we could not do anything. Like everyone else, next few days were pretty much glued to tv. It was a sad day in the U.S.A. I hope it never happens again.
Keith in Atlanta |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 5:18 pm: |
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I was in 7th grade English class at Roosevelt JR High Hamilton OH
I remember the day very well, we heard it over the intercom and we all were very saddened. |
Ca346
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 5:53 pm: |
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I was backstage during the High School play. I was a Jr. in HS that year. It was quite a shock. |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 4:40 pm: |
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I was 15 at the time and was just taking an interest in politics. Even with being raised in a Republican conservative home, I can still remember the ribbing my dad took from shocked Republican relatives when he told them that he voted for John Kennedy. At that time my father said that he believed that JFK "was the best man for the PEOPLE" and that LBJ "was a poor choice for a VP".
I always looked at my dad as being a tough old buzzard but that evening as we watched it all on TV, that was the first and ONLY time I ever saw my father break down and cry. This tragic event hit my dad hard. After that, no Republican relative EVER again dared say a negative word about JFK in the presents of my father.
Years later, when I was able to understand politics better, I learned that my Republican dad was right. JFK was a PEOPLE'S president. It was then that I understood why my dad voted for the Man and not the Party.
Another president whom we came close to losing from yet another assasination attempt was Ron Reagan. As rare as it was/is for any hardcore Republican to quote a Democrat (or vice versa), Reagan often quoted Kennedy because of the deep respect and beliefs he had for the man.
In my opinion, these two men together would have made a formidable team. They were both good at their job. But, they were of a different time.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
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