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President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:56 pm
by FRJ
November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated.
The country was shaken.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:02 pm
by jerryd6818
Like the twin towers, everyone of any age remembers where they were when they heard the news.
I was stationed at MCRD San Diego going through Basic Electronics School. I along with a couple of other guys from my class were walking across The Grinder (parade ground), headed for the chow hall. A guy walking in the opposite direction called out to us, "Hey! Did you hear, Kennedy got shot?"
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:07 pm
by Captain O
Third grade was a long time ago... but I remember being told by my teacher Miss Dunbar about the assassination before I left the classroom.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:01 pm
by Samb
I was in elementary school in Jonesboro Indiana, it was announced by the principal over the intercom. Doubt I'll ever forget.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:12 pm
by dlr110
I was 12 years old. I was in Mr. Ford's class when an announcement came over the school PA system that the President had been shot. Mr. Ford ran to the back of the classroom and turned on an old radio and until the last school bell we sat there and listened to the reports. All the way through the funeral our family was glued to the TV coverage.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:35 am
by Quick Steel
I had just finished lunch and was walking back to work in the Borg Warner building on Michigan Ave. right across the street from the Art Institute.
There were special edition newspapers at the corner rack with the headlines.
As Jerry noted, everyone remembers where they were when learning of Kennedy's assassination. There was one notable exception. George Bush Sr. claimed he couldn't remember. He recalled he was in Texas, not Dallas, but that was as close as he could recall. Strange.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:55 pm
by Beavertail
Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:35 am
I had just finished lunch and was walking back to work in the Borg Warner building on Michigan Ave. right across the street from the Art Institute.
There were special edition newspapers at the corner rack with the headlines.
As Jerry noted, everyone remembers where they were when learning of Kennedy's assassination. There was one notable exception. George Bush Sr. claimed he couldn't remember. He recalled he was in Texas, not Dallas, but that was as close as he could recall. Strange.
Here's a photo that I'd like to find out about.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:59 pm
by Boji
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:11 pm
by Beavertail
Thanks!
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:08 pm
by orvet
I was in biology class when the the Jr. High put the radio broadcast on the PA system.
Several girls started crying and one guy stoou up and started cheering and clapping.
Although many people liked JFK there were strong feelings of division in the country even then.
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:21 am
by PigStikr
3rd grade it was my weekly library hour and I got screwed out of and sent back to class when it came on the intercom we got sent home early that day I think it was after turkey day till we went back to school seems to me it was a Tuesday
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:14 pm
by LibertyKeeper
Miss Rainbolt, my third grade teacher gathered us around at recess outside and told us. I was 8 yrs old
Re: President Kennedy Assassinated
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:11 pm
by treefarmer
orvet wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:08 pm
I was in biology class when the the Jr. High put the radio broadcast on the PA system.
Several girls started crying and one guy stoou up and started cheering and clapping.
Although many people liked JFK there were strong feelings of division in the country even then.
Dale, your experience was almost identical to mine. Colonial High School, 12th grade, psychology class, teacher- Mr. Lonnie Stanford (also track coach).
Girls cried some boys cheered.
Treefarmer