November 22 - Lest it be forgotten

[stowe1]

57 years have passed, but for many who lived through it, it will never be forgotten. America lost its innocence that day.

 

[mikeyank]

I was a 13 year old boy in Junior High School in Brooklyn in wood shop class, and I will never forget how the shop teacher told us to clean up early and that he had something to tell us. He told us that the president had been shot and then the principal came on the loud speaker to tell us more details and that we were dismissed from school early. It was an eerie feeling that Friday marching down the steps onto the street. it was an empty feeling walking home and the whole weekend got weirder and weirder with the TV news following Lee Harvey Oswald and his arrest in the movie theater to the shooting the next day of Oswald by Jack Ruby in the driveway of the jail house on live TV. One of the most memorable days of my life, more so than the tragedy of September 11, 2001, 38 years later. Aside from the sudden passing of my own mother, this was the most memorable and shocking day of my lifetime.

 

[kgmets]

I was on my way to a scout weekend camping trip while our beagle was giving birth to puppies. Hectic moment to say the least. Kind of a coincidence that our first Catholic President was assassinated on this date and our second Catholic President turned 78 years old a few days ago.

 

[tampa24]

I was but a wee lad of 1 year old on that day. Yet I too as a citizen carry the sadness of the moment.

 

[another1]

I will never forget that day and what effects come from a single event. The hopes and dreams of better America, for the United States of America, belongs to no one and I have to ask myself, is there more that I must do? God bless America, we have a nation to save. At the end, I will drink to the memories of those who made getting to a better America possible to celebrate it. God's work on earth must truly be own. JFK said that. Hey, we are the United States of America!

 

[Repareur]

I was just shy of 4 years old but I remember clearly watching the funeral on our black and white set. In fact it’s my earliest recollection of anything on TV. My dad happened to be in DC and took some great color slides of the funeral procession at several points along the way. He was very proud of one particular picture that had the Washington monument centered on the casket. It was definitely one of those days that everyone who was around will never forget.

 

[mikeyank]

My memories of the funeral possession moving down Pennsylvania Avenue, include little "John John" with his sister Caroline with "John John" saluting his father’s casket. Very moving image.