Who of you can recall this day?

[tamrock]

What I remember about this day when I was only 7 years old, is we were all lined up at the door of our classroom in Kewanee, ILL and waiting for the bell to ring and the teacher would let us all go home. The teacher would stand in front of the door, so none of us could get out before the bell. Then another teacher came in the door and whispered something in the ear of our teacher. I can still recall the shocked look on her face as she turned to all of us and said "THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SHOT". I then heard the little girl behind me say "President Kennedy". Getting home I found my dad was already home and completely glued to the TV and I can't recall he even acknowledged me that I was there. In the 1st picture is the X where JFK was hit with the first shot in the back of his neck. I then stood on that X and looked up to the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building. The 2nd picture is the X where the fatal shot hit JFK in the back side of his head and looked up from that spot again at the sixth floor window. In the last picture I took from the spot a man named Abraham Zapruder was running his 8mm motion picture camera from Dealey Plaza and captured the beginning of this horrific event on film that happened so long ago now. This is a place that will definitely give you chills.

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

I remember ,i was in third grade ,it came over the PA system that Kennedy had be assassinated.
Remember the flag draped coffin on the horse drawn wagon.
Gary

 

[worldtalker]

I was in 6th grade and it came over the loud speaker"President Kennedy has been shot". The whole class started crying.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[BosnMate]

I was up and had the TV on, Walter Cronkite cut in with the announcement. Wife was still in bed, I woke her up, and we were glued to the TV.

 

[Mackaydon]

BosnMate,
Who can ever forget this announcement:

Don....

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Remember it well. I was 7yrs. old also, in a little town about 45 miles south of Kewanee called Abingdon. I believe we got out early that day for an ice storm.

 

[smokeythecat]

I remember it. In my classroom they asked us to pray for the president at that moment, school was still in session, and I can remember to this day being befuddled, no TV at school. And I think I was 8.

 

[Davers]

That was a bit before my time, but I know the History.

LHO, was a Heck of a shot & Luck with his hit's.

No Conspiracy talk , just saying.

Do recall when President R. Reagan was shot ,I was in 4th or 5th Grade.

 

[WannaDig3687]

It wasn't exactly before my time. I was only 4 months old. My mom told me she nearly dropped me when the news broke.

 

[Mackaydon]

There were two other tragic events I recall:
The Challenger Explosion disaster on Jan.28, 1986 and Jim McKay's announcement at the '72 Olympic featuring his words: "They're all gone."
Don...

 

[WannaDig3687]

The challenger explosion I remember. I was babysitting. I just bawled and the little four year old I was watching was patting me on the back and telling me, " It's Ok, you'll be alright." I wonder if he remembers that?

 

[tamrock]

There were two other tragic events I recall:
The Challenger Explosion disaster on Jan.28, 1986 and Jim McKay's announcement at the '72 Olympic featuring his words: "They're all gone."
Don...

That Challenger disaster was a strange day for me. I was working at an Overhead Garage Door Company in Frisco, Colorado. I lived 65 miles from the shop in Buena Vista, Colorado so I had plenty of time to listen to radio in my commute. I was listening to the morning news and they were reporting all of what's going on around the world and said that NASA says the weather looks good for a launch of the Space Shuttle that day. I don't know why, but after they mentioned that my thoughts went to the the time of when the Apollo 1 fire happened and I said to myself something like boy, we've been pretty lucky with all of our space launches from that time going off with out many problems or loss of life. I guess that made me think the people of NASA really have a handle on what they're doing. When I got to work I started loading up the truck with the doors that would be installed and stop for a minute to turn on the radio in the shop and went back to what I was doing. They weren't playing any music and there was just some news people talking and really didn't pay much attention to what the we're talking about. Then they said something about keeping us updated on what happened to the Space Shuttle and that's when got the full story of what just happened. I definitely wondered why I had that thought of we've been very lucky no one had lost their life in America's Space program in a long time that day.

 

[RGINN]

Yeah I remember that day real well. We were in class and a teacher came in cryin and whispered to our teacher, then our teacher announced to us that the president had been shot. We didn't get let out early or anything, and some of the girls cried a little. When they had the funeral we had an assembly and the whole school watched it in the auditorium on about a 19" b&w TV placed in front on a table center stage. My family had the television then and I remember seein Oswald get shot and killed on live TV. Wow. I haven't quit watchin since.

 

[Waterbug]

I was working at a refrigeration factory,in the sheet metal shop at a break press, when it was announced over the loud speaker.

 

[scruggs]

I was a sophomore at oak ridge high school in oak ridge Tennessee when it came through the pa. Was a sad week for America.

 

[Mackaydon]

At that moment I was sitting in my car at MAFB, Riverside, CA going through an outprocessing procedure. I was talking to a buddy who was going into the USAF on that same day. My out-processing was still not complete. For a moment I froze thinking two things: WWIII had begun; and there was a strong possibility that outprocessing would be cancelled until the situation became clear.
Don......

 

[RustyGold]

I remember that terrible day sitting in a junior high classroom when that announcement came in. I felt confusion and dismay and had to grow up a little faster on that day.

 

[GB1]

i wasn't born when this happened

 

[WannaDig3687]

Well I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness. I couldn't resist the math challenge! I now know your approximate ages.
Except for gold boy. He's between 18-53. Lol.
Please, will you forgive me?

 

[GB1]

Well I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness. I couldn't resist the math challenge! I now know your approximate ages.
Except for gold boy. He's between 18-53. Lol.
Please, will you forgive me?

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