On this day 55 years ago, America changed forever as several shots rang out in Dallas.

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2. I will never forget where I was that day

I was 7 years old, about to turn 8. I was in 2nd grade, Catholic grade school. JFK was Catholic. The principal announced his death over the intercom system. Everyone in the school assembled in the cafeteria for prayers. We were dismissed early from school.

Later that night, my family went shopping. Mom went to a department store. I accompanied my father to a bar where he had a beer. I remember the TV set in the bar was tuned to a channel that was in continuous coverage of the assassination.

Two days later, I watched Lee Harvey Oswald get killed on live TV by Jack Ruby.