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FailureToCommunicate

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42. I was eleven at the time and remember it like yesterday. In our church, we...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 03:15 PM

Jan 2022

all sat in silence for four minutes for each child killed.

Those sixteen minutes seemed an eternity.

May you rest in peace, reunited with your daughter, Maxine McNair

Here is Richard Farina's song about that terrible day:

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Maxine McNair, who died today, was the final survivor of the parents of the [View all] tblue37 Jan 2022 OP

May she rest in peace. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #1

She is with Denise now. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #2

I don't have adequate words. MLAA Jan 2022 #3

any reference to those little girls Skittles Jan 2022 #9

I get the lump in the throat. tblue37 Jan 2022 #11

And it happened in my lifetime. COL Mustard Jan 2022 #12

it was in my lifetime, I was a kid Skittles Jan 2022 #13

The JFK assassination I remember very clearly. COL Mustard Jan 2022 #14

I was in elementary school and my reading group was allowed to go to the school library unaccompanied Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #33

I was born just a tad over nine months The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2022 #39

I was 3 and don't remember it. Now every time I see or read about it it hits hard. MLAA Jan 2022 #16

I was overseas with no TV, but I remember John Glenn orbiting the earth LeftInTX Jan 2022 #35

What made 63 big for you, Col Mustard? MLAA Jan 2022 #17

Lots of things COL Mustard Jan 2022 #24

Whoa, that was quite a year! MLAA Jan 2022 #25

Mine and hubby's birthyear nt Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #27

Youngsters! COL Mustard Jan 2022 #30

Tell that to... Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Jan 2022 #36

Same here. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #19

More: tblue37 Jan 2022 #4

May she rest in peace. ancianita Jan 2022 #5

But half of America does not want to teach this history. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #6

+1. nt tblue37 Jan 2022 #8

I was a little girl in 1954 and that bombing of those kids malaise Jan 2022 #7

RIP Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #10

I was Denise's age in 1963 and remember this shooting. badhair77 Jan 2022 #15

That was the year I came to this country. pennylane100 Jan 2022 #40

This event was not a horrible thing in 1963. badhair77 Jan 2022 #45

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2022 #18

Rest in Peace, Maxine. I was in high school when the bombing took place. I thought surely this LoisB Jan 2022 #20

This. tblue37 Jan 2022 #23

Excellent point...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #26

Indeed. We must. LoisB Jan 2022 #34

I think it did, they passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 LeftInTX Jan 2022 #37

Cross gently, Mrs McNair, to where all broken hearts are healed Hekate Jan 2022 #21

May She Rest in Peace and Her Memory Be a Blessing. iluvtennis Jan 2022 #22

I was a college student . . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2022 #28

Blessed Be Her Memory Eternal. sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #29

This, then JFK. Can remember both as a10 year old. czarjak Jan 2022 #31

Her name was Denise, born in 1951; I'm Denise, 1951 born, too duhneece Jan 2022 #38

If there IS a G-d, 70sEraVet Jan 2022 #41

I was eleven at the time and remember it like yesterday. In our church, we... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2022 #42

righteous- all the way through Piasladic Jan 2022 #43

may her soul llashram Jan 2022 #44

Thank you for letting us know. RIP Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #46