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In reply to the discussion: John Fitzgerald Kennedy 11-22-1963 Where Were You? [View all]calimary
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Nobody knew why. We couldnt have guessed that shed been called to the school library where they had a TV. This particular morning they had it tuned to the news. All the teachers had crowded around the TV to watch at least some of the coverage.
She returned to class in a few minutes. Nobody scream. The President is dead.
And we sat there, frozen. Not sure how to process that. Lunch period was next. We all filed downstairs to the lunchroom. Usually a loud and boisterous moment in the average day. This one rolled out in complete silence. We were all shocked.
Our class was headed to a special table in the lunchroom. Actually several tables put together end-to-end so the whole class would sit together. The head of the table was the seat of honor for the student having a birthday that day. The birthday girl in our class took her seat as did we. In total silence. And thats how the whole lunch period went - school-wide.
Lunch was always noisy and comical and a fun break in the school day. But not this time. Everybody sat there in stony silence. Not just our class. EVERYBODY. I remember feeling sorry for our birthday girl. No one felt like celebrating on this particular birthday. We were ALL just in a state of shock.