Anniversary of JFK assasination=Where were you?

[LaPlaceFF]

Wasn't born until 1985.

1985!! That's when I graduated from High school (Sorry if this is OT)

[MGC]

I was home sick from school. My Dad who worked at night was up and we were watching our B&W TV when the news came on. I remember my Mom crying......MGC

[pojo]

I wasn't even a thought yet.

[Andrew92]

I wasn't yet born, not til 1984. My mom and dad could tell you where they were though, since they were both in high school at the time.

Incidentally, 9/11 occurred one week into my senior year of high school. That may sound a little off-topic, but ironically my dad was a senior when JFK was assasinated! Will my future son have a historic tragedy in his senior year too?

-Andrew92

[Cookiely]

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.

[DaylilyDawn]

Cookiely,
My hubby has always said that LBJ might have had something to do with Kennedy's death. It is just something he would have done since he really was a cold heartedS**B

[vbhoutex]

When I heard about it I was walking up to my 7th grade biology class. One of my friends came running up screaming "the President is dead" or "the president has been shot". I remember him seeming happy about it, but I don't think he was. The next days were a blur in front of the TV. I too didn't lose it till I saw John Boy go up and kiss the casket and the salute too.

[Terrell]

Wasn't born yet, not sure that my parents had met in '63. I wasn't born until '70.

[george_r_1961]

I was a toddler living in New Orleans at the time. Being only 2 my memories are vague but later in life I remember my father, who was stationed at Camp Leroy Johnson at the time, telling me the military got placed on alert.

[Kim_in_MN]

I wasn't born yet either.

Kim