#25 Postby Cookiely » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:55 am
I feel old as dirt as my grandma used to say. I was in seventh grade and remember it like it was yesterday. I was in geography class when a female teacher came into the class crying. I could see my georgraphy teacher was shocked at what she was whispering in his ear. He didn't inform us what had happened, but he went and turned on the TV. After that it was like a dream to me, I remember running home (almost a mile). I remember thinking the Russians might attack now (I was so paranoid because of all those drills, I kept expecting bombs to fall out of the sky any minute back then). When I got home my mama was crying and I started crying. I think that is when we got official word that he had died. I can see Walter Cronkites face and the anguish. We stayed glued to the TV for days. I don't think it really hit me until the scene where John Jr. saluted his father as the cortege went by, I went to pieces. I imagined myself losing my father, and I felt such rage I can't describe. I remember Ruby killing Oswald and being shocked and also grateful because I felt like killing him too. But I also remember the scenes of LBJ taking office and thinking he was one cold human being (my father said it better but I'm a lady so I won't post what he said), and that maybe he had something to do with it so he could be President. I don't remember if this was my idea or I was picking up vibes from my father.
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