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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJFK in Oval Office with aides and son John, October 14, 1963, month before assassination: #Getty
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brooklynite
(94,501 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,643 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)LBJ was not an aide but may have been involved in discussions.
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)wryter2000
(46,036 posts)Back then, it was fully expected that a picture like this would be all white men.
imaginary girl
(861 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,450 posts)Lasher
(27,568 posts)But it was only 58.
Paladin
(28,252 posts)The assassination changed everything, and I don't think the country ever recovered.
Boomerproud
(7,951 posts)Some better. Some a lot worse. I only saw life through a 7 year old perspective. I just remember that I liked JFK. Yes, it does seem like 100 years ago.
Lasher
(27,568 posts)That JFK had been killed. I am not Sheldon Cooper, so I was older than 7.
Irish_Dem
(46,915 posts)and appointments secretary.
Irish_Dem
(46,915 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)I remember the Kennedy years as people getting into jogging and going for walks and becoming exercise nuts. During the Cuban missile crisis, we stood in line outside the lunchroom, wondering if nukes would soon vaporize us. I skipped school, when Kennedy came to DaLLas to see his motorcade, but buses were pulled to the side of the road right in front of me. So I didn't get to see him, when he drove by.
My Father was a Dallas cop. His office was downtown in Dallas city hall. After they caught Lee Harvey Oswald, there was a press conference in city hall. My father, who was a Lt. was present, and he asked his Capt what was Jack Ruby doing at the press conference, because Ruby wasn't a reporter. His Capt said, "That's just Jack Ruby, probably here to bail out one of his girls." Ruby had a strip club downtown, and apparently was frequently bailing out his girls for 1 thing or another. Of course, Ruby was in city hall that day to shoot Oswald.