I was 20 when Pres. Kennedy was killed [View all]

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I've been watching most of the programs that has been on TV of that day and the days that followed. For me it is still heartbreaking. I still had tears watching some of the programs. One of the commenters on one of the programs, mentioned that after the murder of Pres. Kennedy, it was like the gates of hell opened in this country. Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy, the civil rights marchers being beaten, some murdered. The Vietnam war, the anti-war marchers beaten, there was a US naval ship taken by the North Koreans. And many, many more.

With all that, I can't help thinking that it's been 50 years. And my God, All the Americans living now that had never really known of or seen Pres. Kennedy or MLK, or Bobby other than as history.

And it reminded me that I would have been 21 in January of 1964, so I could have voted for him. And it's still sad for me.

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