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juajen

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81. I was getting my blood test for my marriage license.

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 12:13 AM

Nov 2012

My wedding was held the next week, and, even in Birmingham, Alabama, all were in mourning. I couldn't have a band play at my Bridesmaid luncheon and all the store windows were draped in black with a photo of JFK in the middle of the shroud. It was so sad and I will never forget it. Then for our honeymoon, we adjourned to New Orleans, where the streets were full of a lot of sadness and suspicions. Weird and scary, somewhat. But, we were so innocent, we did not find out that we were in a dangerous place to be until later. Ah, the innocence of youth.

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In memoriam: President John F. Kennedy [View all] ailsagirl Nov 2012 OP

probably the most quinnox Nov 2012 #1

Yes ailsagirl Nov 2012 #2

Abe Lincoln might give JFK a run for his money, at least for working people coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #54

Not quite, but certainly very talented indeed Hekate Nov 2012 #80

Very much so. n/t loudsue Nov 2012 #84

I remember...that dreadful day that changed America. Historic NY Nov 2012 #3

A tragic day, H2O Man Nov 2012 #4

That was the day when America changed forever ailsagirl Nov 2012 #5

I was in Mrs. Kloster's English class when we heard the news. I'll never forget; libinnyandia Nov 2012 #6

I was also in class... ailsagirl Nov 2012 #9

I was in the middle of a Spanish test in High School... George II Nov 2012 #19

Biology class here. WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2012 #36

6th grade social studies ashling Nov 2012 #70

I shook his hand in 1960 when he was running for President. It's hard to tell how proud byeya Nov 2012 #7

JFK was the first president that I actually remember in my lifetime, so in my eyes, nobody else We People Nov 2012 #8

You're welcome ailsagirl Nov 2012 #12

I was at a birthday party for a classmate at the time. sheshe2 Nov 2012 #17

Same here.. first President I remember.. nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #48

Me, too. Fifth grader at the time. narnian60 Nov 2012 #101

Thank you for the reminder of the date. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #10

Your alternate interpretation of "American Pie" is shared by me coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #55

McLean made it opaque enough dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #62

I listened to the AM-format song (short version) over and over that summer. Then coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #63

Vincent Always Makes Me Silently Weep. NT WiffenPoof Nov 2012 #79

For those of us old enough to remember Freddie Nov 2012 #11

What this country might have been... ailsagirl Nov 2012 #13

My sister was working at the Dallas Morning News dinger130 Nov 2012 #14

Thank you for posting this. I still feel the grief over what "they" did, truth2power Nov 2012 #15

Next year will be overwhelming - and Nov. 22 falls on a Friday. Faygo Kid Nov 2012 #16

Friday. I was all dressed up for my senior pictures after school. And a play in the city. aquart Nov 2012 #93

President Kennedy was a man of peace. Octafish Nov 2012 #18

I reject this premise YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #57

Essential reading: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," Peace Patriot Nov 2012 #86

Well Then, Let's Get Right To It! triplepoint Nov 2012 #97

Another good one... WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2012 #100

Got a link? Octafish Nov 2012 #92

I got to see President Kennedy with ... bayareaboy Nov 2012 #20

Walter Cronkite announces the news to the nation that JFK has died... pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #21

Still Hard to Look at this Portrait/What a Loss kairos12 Nov 2012 #22

I was a freshman in college. That day, I was MineralMan Nov 2012 #23

I, too, was a freshman in college that day. Buildings full of peole were silent while we watched TV SharonAnn Nov 2012 #26

Good observation about the 50s being over on that day. MineralMan Nov 2012 #41

I once decided to test that. aquart Nov 2012 #96

I came across a website called "The Political Graveyard" ailsagirl Dec 2012 #102

I don't think so. aquart Dec 2012 #103

I was laos a freshman in college druidqueen Nov 2012 #99

I remember this day well..... 49jim Nov 2012 #24

I saw him at the opening of Dulles Airport outside Washington DFW Nov 2012 #25

Holy shit. Those are some memories! aquart Nov 2012 #95

I'll never forget that day. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2012 #27

I was finally able to see the creepy place where they killed him. lonestarnot Nov 2012 #28

I've seen it, too ailsagirl Oct 2013 #104

R.I.P. President Kennedy. Lugnut Nov 2012 #29

I'd just turned fifteen, yet the painful memory remains 49 years later. ancianita Nov 2012 #30

Exactly one week before my sweet 16th birthday mountain grammy Nov 2012 #31

This was 15 months before my birth... Ochsfan Nov 2012 #32

Ignorance is everywhere & people have their way... triplepoint Nov 2012 #89

Thank you for sharing. ThatsMyBarack Nov 2012 #33

K&R. n/t bobthedrummer Nov 2012 #34

he's definitely missed here onethatcares Nov 2012 #35

RIP Mr. President Trailrider1951 Nov 2012 #37

RIP President Kennedy 47of74 Nov 2012 #38

I will never forget that awful day. Lilma Nov 2012 #39

I was in high school Loki Nov 2012 #40

Sigh. ananda Nov 2012 #42

I was a High School Freshman. polmaven Nov 2012 #43

I was born in '65 and named after him n/t ejbr Nov 2012 #44

I was in kindergarten. The teachers were so somber. AmBlue Nov 2012 #45

As a child I reached out and touched him nevergiveup Nov 2012 #46

I was six. I remember this day and the days after ... Auggie Nov 2012 #47

I saw that too Tumbulu Nov 2012 #74

49 years ago today... alterfurz Nov 2012 #49

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50

My earliest memories are of the funeral liberal N proud Nov 2012 #51

I was in english class--and I remember staring at the pa box in shock--certain that another student niyad Nov 2012 #52

WHO CAN SAY WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? chuckstevens Nov 2012 #53

We might have seen actual nuclear disarmament following JFK's likely re-election - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #58

Perhaps the Republicans would not have regained power Freddie Nov 2012 #65

I remember that day slackmaster Nov 2012 #56

I was in my 7th grade class in St. Petersburg, FL when the announcement was made.... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #59

Thanks for sharing that. Some of my 7th grade class began cheering too. This was in lower SC. nt raccoon Nov 2012 #98

I was at a Roman Catholic School in Tacoma, WA first grade gopiscrap Nov 2012 #60

This thread has made me realize again how thankful I am for my elders on DU. I was just coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #61

I recall that Jacqueline Kennedy refused to change out of her bloody suit ailsagirl Nov 2012 #64

JFK's assassination was a defining moment of my life Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #66

Me too ailsagirl Nov 2012 #67

K & R Change has come Nov 2012 #68

I was in 8th grade typing class PlanetBev Nov 2012 #69

I was 7 years old in Catholic school.......... mrmpa Nov 2012 #71

RIP JFK. Third Doctor Nov 2012 #72

Cut down in his prime Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #73

Good night, sir... Aristus Nov 2012 #75

I'm still coming to grips with what we lost when JFK died LongTomH Nov 2012 #76

Junior year in Latin class eridani Nov 2012 #77

To which I would add this rejoinder: coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #78

And he got killed for that as well. n/t eridani Nov 2012 #90

I was getting my blood test for my marriage license. juajen Nov 2012 #81

Thanks ailsagirl. JFK's murder became the dividing line in the lives of a generation. I was 15. Zen Democrat Nov 2012 #82

I brushed this off when I first read it pscot Nov 2012 #83

reading through these comments defacto7 Nov 2012 #85

Highly recommended: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," Peace Patriot Nov 2012 #87

I remember exactly where I was burrowowl Nov 2012 #88

K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #91

I think it's clear that... ailsagirl Nov 2012 #94