twostepn2001 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Please don't make this political, just for those that were around do you remember where you was and what you were doing when you heard the news? l was 10 years old and in the 4th grade. We were outside during recess and the teachers came out and made us come back in the building. Shortly after parents started picking their kids. Only after we were headed home did my Mom tell me what had happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHC_1470 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Was in the first grade. Believe I was in the school gym. Rumor was Kennedy had been shot and I thought it was one of the school teachers as we had one with the last name of Kennedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jingles1928 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Mr. Patterson eighth grade history class. Remember him crying. Also Dads birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1256pickett Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I’m a little too young for that but a little while back Meatloaf (the singer) was on the mike huckabee show and he had an interesting story about him being a teenager in Dallas at the time. Video of the interview is on YouTube found the link to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Couple years before my time but I recall it being talked about a fair amount when I was l in grade school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Just like the Challenger space shuttle disaster or the attacks on the Trade Towers/ Pentagon. Those who were alive will always remember the moment they heard about it. I am sure it was the same for those alive when President Lincoln was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.c.farmerboy Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I remember watching it on black and white TV when it happened Hope I live to see the day when the truth come out about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I was at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Waukegan, IL in Electronics Technician A school, an E2 in the USN. It was Friday, and we went home early, in Memorial. Some things are best remembered, so they will not be repeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasnake Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Grade 9, changing class, info came over the PA, all went home, spent the rest of the weekend trying to make sense of the whole thing, ch ch ch changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawleigh99 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I was one year old so I don't remember it first hand. I remember it being a big deal for my parents in the years after it when I began remembering things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray54 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I was in third grade, going to the one room school with 4 other boys. The teacher generally pick me up and one of the others. The other 3 walked to school. Being on Pacific time we had not started school. I did not pay attention to the radio at that age, but must have been announced as the teacher was driving over. She came in and talked with my dad who was on the school board. Teacher and he decide to not hold school. I was fixing on my offset disc when the space shuttle went down. To wet to be working ground, but this is the latter part of barley planting time here. Had the radio in my pickup going. Another date I will never forget. Was reading weed killer jug at the vineyard when the San Simeon earthquake of 6.5 magnitude about 5 miles from where I was standing. This was Dec 22, 2003 at 11.15 am. A far number of quakes I remember but all a 100 miles or more away. Never had heard the rumble of it come like this one. Wake up in the night many times in days afterward, a small little boom, and another after shock of 2.5 to 3.5. Funny how my wife and I both awakened a few seconds before it happening. Thankfully only 2 windows broke at my house another mile closer than where I was standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy WP Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I was in a warm dark place when he was killed. Came screaming into the world a few hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 ......I recall my Dad.....a WW2 veteran and a great admirer of the US of A ....listening in disbelief to the radio nnews re President Kennedy being killed.... We were just about to start the days work, planting tobacco.....and this news just shocked him as it did many thousands of other non-Americans.... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I was born 3 days earlier still in hospital with my mother still talks in disbelief Space shuttle don't vividly recall 911 was installing windows in the house I was building and walked backed to my folks house to watch it on tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I was just a horny thought in my dad's mind when jfk was shot. By who is quite another question! Thx-Ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E160BHM Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I was in 9th grade morning study hall when an announcement came over the intercom. My first thought was that school would be let out early as it was snowing. The announcement was about the assassination and rest of the day was very somber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dads706 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I had skipped lunch and was in the junior high library preparing for my presentation about the Marines at the "Frozen Chosin". Mrs. Brooks came in and told me. She let me go into the teachers lounge to see their tv. Never gave my presentation and don't remember much more about that day. But I was watching the TV when Ruby shot Oswald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyinca Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Was in Ag Science class . Junior year of H.S. Remember driving my girlfriend home from school and everyone was just in a state of shock and disbelief. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasnake Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 8 hours ago, E160BHM said: I was in 9th grade morning study hall when an announcement came over the intercom. My first thought was that school would be let out early as it was snowing. The announcement was about the assassination and rest of the day was very somber. 2 hours ago, dads706 said: I had skipped lunch and was in the junior high library preparing for my presentation about the Marines at the "Frozen Chosin". Mrs. Brooks came in and told me. She let me go into the teachers lounge to see their tv. Never gave my presentation and don't remember much more about that day. But I was watching the TV when Ruby shot Oswald. 1 hour ago, Tonyinca said: Was in Ag Science class . Junior year of H.S. Remember driving my girlfriend home from school and everyone was just in a state of shock and disbelief. Tony Did you guys grab the tv soon as you got home? I was glued there, and couldn't believe the ruby shooting, the whole weekend was surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eason Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I was almost 5 and was playing by the pecan trees in our yard when my grandmother calls out from the back door and tells me to go tell my mom the presidents been shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermpuller Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Jr in highschool, RIP JFK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank H Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 My Mom used to say "Francis, you remember back before President Kennedy was shot....." I would reply, "Ma, I was born in 1973, you were there, remember?" It always got a chuckle. Seriously though, my parents always used it as a division in time, before the assassination vs. after. I vividly remember seeing President Reagan's video footage in the days and months after he was shot, as well as the Pope and 911. I was sitting in my 1700 IH Loadstar 4x4 on a job pulling stumps, taking a break on a job in Moscow PA when the radio was interrupted with the news from the terrorist attacks on 911. I loaded up and went home, not knowing what would be happening next. A lady came running out of a nearby house as I was listening and she was screaming and crying about us being under attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.c.farmerboy Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Wow now I know how old you all are!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
806 man Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I was at school, 6 Y/O in the 8th grade , I remember our teacher telling the class and the flag being lowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 6 year old in grade 8 you were smart with the guzintas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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