How old were you when JFK killed

[TexasBushwhacker]

216. I was 6 - I had seen him the day before in Houston

I was in 1st grade. My mother kept me out of school and took me downtown to see the motorcade. We met up with my dad and he put me on his shoulders. It was one of those cool sunny days we have in Texas in the fall. I didn't have much understanding of what a president was, but my mother pointed JFK out as the limo drove by and I remember his hair looked red in the sunshine.

The next day, when he was shot in Dallas, I was back in school. Someone came in and whispered in my teachers ear and she looked shocked. We got out at 2 and I walked home. My mother was watching the TV and crying. I asked her why and she told me the President had been shot, but that didn't really mean much to me. I wanted to watch the Mickey Mouse Club like I always did and asked to change the channel. She told me it wasn't on and I was really confused.