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29. I was in the 7th grade when the assassination happened...

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 09:00 PM

Oct 2018

I think it was during an English class that the crime was announced. Due to overcrowding, the school had set up desks in the cafeteria, and it was hard to hear the teacher. None of us kids knew what had happened. Someone came in and said something to him. It was probably when JFK's death was announced. He seemed shaken and announced the shooting and death. Then he broke down in tears. We were dismissed and told to go to the fenced in yard. Seemed like we stayed there for a couple of hours, and some kids started acting out. Finally we were told to go home, so we all go on the local buses and went home.

We didn't have a TV at the time (we had just moved cross country the previous spring), but the local newspaper was full of the information, as well as the radio.

I was 11 at the time, and when I knew who JFK was, had heard the popular Vaughn Meader impersonations of JFK, but I couldn't quite wrap my brain around what had happened. It was abstract to me. But I knew the world had become a sadder and even more chaotic place. It's never seemed quite the same since then.

The end of Camelot.

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Nancy Reagan throws party weekend of JFK assasination and forbids any conversation regarding same... [View all] jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 OP

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Growing up, we never had a bottle of Hunt's Ketchup or anything else they sold in our house. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #4

What does that have to do with Kennedy assassination? wishstar Oct 2018 #13

Apparently my bad, wishstar. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #18

Good for you, Hunts ketchup sucks. MicaelS Oct 2018 #20

+1. Totally agree. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #22

I don't understand comment jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #32

Simple... MicaelS Oct 2018 #33

My family lived in Santa Maria CA. In 1963 MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #2

I heard it on the radio, when I was 19, driving in Phoenix, AZ and had to Cha Oct 2018 #19

I was in Ca too (still am) going to a private elementary school in LA County Raine Oct 2018 #21

That still hurts me - the celebration of the kids MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #23

It still bothers me, my parents were Nixon voters too Raine Oct 2018 #24

You're right. We knew it was evil MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #31

The NFL played their full slate of games that weekend. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #3

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Sounds like my mom. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #17

At Thanksgiving, Ohiogal Oct 2018 #7

Yes, and with the new Cheney film coming out mountain grammy Oct 2018 #10

I grew up in a Republican family. mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #11

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Doesn't surprise me. Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #16

Wasn't Nancy known for her 'oral' skills? keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #25

So said, also was 'available' empedocles Oct 2018 #26

Good enough to convince Ronnie to get her off the black list Major Nikon Oct 2018 #34

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Nancy always came off as a goody two shoes kimbutgar Oct 2018 #28

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