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libdem4life

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95. Geometry class...the Superintendent came in...we sat in shocked silence.
Thu Nov 22, 2018, 01:55 PM
Nov 2018

You know, that's all I remember. They may have sent us home for the day. How could you learn anything with such grief and horror? We had just gotten a TV at home...my Dad won that battle because they were just starting to televise sports...and even though they were John Birchers, we watched the news reports non stop. You just could not take your eyes away. i still feel it today, reliving it. And looking at Ted Kennedy, Jr. I have such hopes...almost 6 decades later. Can he fill the shoes?

Also, I was watching Bobby Kennedy speak live, when......

They really did a massacre on liberals for 2-3 generations. Let's make up for it.

Typing class. murielm99 Nov 2018 #1
I was in the 4th grade; Our teacher left class, then returned crying to announce the assassination Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #70
I was 20, getting ready for my 6 week check up after the birth of my first son. appleannie1943 Nov 2018 #2
I was five and a half... Small-Axe Nov 2018 #3
Phoenix Zoo with my fellow kindergarteners. ChazII Nov 2018 #117
I find it strange that I don't remember "the moment" I heard the news... Small-Axe Nov 2018 #120
My mom was the one who ChazII Nov 2018 #140
I was cleaning the apartment my husband and I had at the time..... chillfactor Nov 2018 #4
I'm a crib Trumpocalypse Nov 2018 #5
Just 4 years old whistler162 Nov 2018 #6
Another 59er here robbob Nov 2018 #90
same here treestar Nov 2018 #96
I was in school in the 8th grade lunatica Nov 2018 #7
I ws 15 agingdem Nov 2018 #8
WTF?! sakabatou Nov 2018 #10
WTF is right! agingdem Nov 2018 #51
There were reports of TX school children cheering when they heard the news! bobbieinok Nov 2018 #68
Nov. 23 was my parent's anniversary agingdem Nov 2018 #79
Wow! lunatica Nov 2018 #12
See my response #11 mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #13
and my parents were Holocaust survivors agingdem Nov 2018 #52
Yes, same in Santa Maria California MaryMagdaline Nov 2018 #59
I was in Gym locker room also. So many of the girls were saying demigoddess Nov 2018 #142
Not born yet, but my parents were 13 and 10 sakabatou Nov 2018 #9
Have they ever talked about it to you? lunatica Nov 2018 #16
Yes, it was for a middle-school project sakabatou Nov 2018 #19
I was in 7th grade English class mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #11
I can't even begin to imagine your state of mind! lunatica Nov 2018 #14
Never talked to my grandmother. mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #15
You must have felt pretty lonely lunatica Nov 2018 #17
I definitely was the black sheep in the family. mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #23
Thanks for elaborating lunatica Nov 2018 #24
I was 19 driving down the Cha Nov 2018 #18
Sitting in front of our little Zenith black and white TV True Blue American Nov 2018 #34
Right, Ture Blue American.. we Cha Nov 2018 #130
I was sitting in American History class Duppers Nov 2018 #20
I was watching Bozo on TV. Harker Nov 2018 #21
You can remember what happened when you were 4? lunatica Nov 2018 #22
I don't remember all of it. Harker Nov 2018 #32
I get the kind of memory you're talking about lunatica Nov 2018 #42
I think that the assumption that I was mistaken... Harker Nov 2018 #44
My memory of it is sort of like that blogslut Nov 2018 #89
That was one of the worst days of my life. BlueMTexpat Nov 2018 #25
I have2 Books True Blue American Nov 2018 #38
Ah yes, the John Birch Society that was founded by the Koch brothers' dad TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #125
And now they and their ilk are BlueMTexpat Nov 2018 #147
Thanks for that link TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #149
I concur with you about BlueMTexpat Nov 2018 #157
Social Studies class. 7th grade at Lamar Jr. High, Temple, Texas. argyl Nov 2018 #26
As my mom tells it... MissMillie Nov 2018 #27
15 days old.. RightiswrongTn Nov 2018 #28
Ninth grade PE The Blue Flower Nov 2018 #29
Sixth grade, had just returned to class after lunch peace frog Nov 2018 #30
12 years old jodymarie aimee Nov 2018 #31
I was 8, sitting in the "library" of my one room elementary school (grades K-6) catbyte Nov 2018 #33
In school bobGandolf Nov 2018 #35
I was 14 and in the ninth grade. llmart Nov 2018 #36
Lucy Read Elementary, Austin, TX Timer Nov 2018 #37
12th grade government class. No sense of irony there. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2018 #39
6th grade classroom. Remember it like yesterday. lilactime Nov 2018 #40
I had just turned 19 on 11/11, married five months, Croney Nov 2018 #41
In 3rd grade redstatebluegirl Nov 2018 #43
J.L.Hudson's in Detroit. Srkdqltr Nov 2018 #45
At Louisiana State rogerashton Nov 2018 #46
9th grade home room. Vinca Nov 2018 #47
I was home sick from school Omaha Steve Nov 2018 #48
me too. scipan Nov 2018 #134
Sheesh - so can I. It felt like a national heartbeat. calimary Nov 2018 #150
The time was about 9:30 am, Hawai'i time. We weren't let out of school... Hekate Nov 2018 #49
Re that 'cheering dallas schoolkids' 'rumor': Mc Mike Nov 2018 #148
I had recently turned 9 in grade 4 class Jarqui Nov 2018 #50
... NurseJackie Nov 2018 #53
I was 6. Mendocino Nov 2018 #54
I was six--first grade. only a dim memory of hearing it in school. lastlib Nov 2018 #55
I was 12 kpete Nov 2018 #56
I was almost sixteen. Study hall period. raging moderate Nov 2018 #57
12th grade, Play Production class Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #58
I was 16 also, in NYC, and was riding the subway home from school. secondwind Nov 2018 #60
Probably playing. I was 4. Igel Nov 2018 #61
On my way home from high school, switching busses downtown. There was a TV store with TVs . . . . Stinky The Clown Nov 2018 #62
5th grade, Haddonfield, NJ (Mrs. Steele) flor-de-jasmim Nov 2018 #63
I was nineteen, at my part time job. My boss came through the room to announce Ninga Nov 2018 #64
I was in school. H2O Man Nov 2018 #65
I was in Driver's Ed class, 15 years old. nocoincidences Nov 2018 #66
At home with two kids kskiska Nov 2018 #67
I was in my Freshman dorm, about to head for a class. MineralMan Nov 2018 #69
California playground, morning recess, second grade. Our 15 minute recess drifted into an hour unti mulsh Nov 2018 #71
H.S. English class. Our teacher was jovial and began cracking jokes w/several oasis Nov 2018 #72
Junior in High School kentuck Nov 2018 #73
Coincidentally I too was headed into chem class randr Nov 2018 #74
not born crazycatlady Nov 2018 #75
Catholic school........they recessed us to the playground & the nuns announced it. Historic NY Nov 2018 #76
At Grandma Young's house.. luvs2sing Nov 2018 #77
grade school practice for christmas program dembotoz Nov 2018 #78
Geography class learning each state that grew sugar beets and stuff. They called everyone outside Hoyt Nov 2018 #80
In 5th grade. Sister Dorothy disappeared from the classroom in the middle of things. calimary Nov 2018 #81
Third grade Mrs. Mitchell's class jpak Nov 2018 #82
George Herbert Walker Bush, where were you on that fateful day? sarcasmo Nov 2018 #83
Second grade. John1956PA Nov 2018 #84
My parents were 9 and 7. Turin_C3PO Nov 2018 #85
Fifth Grade classroom PCIntern Nov 2018 #86
10th grade French class; teacher read the 1st bulletin, "President has been shot"... VOX Nov 2018 #87
Junior year in high school, history class, heard over P.A. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2018 #88
At work at the old Domino Sugar plant in Brooklyn. marybourg Nov 2018 #91
I was 14 and a high school freshman. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2018 #92
I've always been struck by this quote from the movie Naked Lunch robbob Nov 2018 #93
My mom was only 2 at the time... Luciferous Nov 2018 #94
Geometry class...the Superintendent came in...we sat in shocked silence. libdem4life Nov 2018 #95
I was 15 and in high school class. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2018 #97
High School study hall. I'll never forget the gloom that descended on our household the following jalan48 Nov 2018 #98
A spark in my dad's eye HipChick Nov 2018 #99
In Japan shanti Nov 2018 #100
High Scool sophomore. Cafeteria. Silence. Sneederbunk Nov 2018 #101
My playpen in our living rm. Mom said nobody could take their eyes from the TV woodsprite Nov 2018 #102
I was 9. Staph Nov 2018 #103
In school, the 8th grade. StarryNite Nov 2018 #104
College political science class, elleng Nov 2018 #105
17 and a senior in high school eleny Nov 2018 #106
15 yrs old, in speech class at a podium, three minute drill, FraDon Nov 2018 #107
On my way to German class. Sat around on stairs waiting to see... LAS14 Nov 2018 #108
This message was self-deleted by its author TeamPooka Nov 2018 #109
Not born for another 13 years, Carter was president. dewsgirl Nov 2018 #110
I was born in 1978 so.... Takket Nov 2018 #111
In a bassinet in the living room as my mother was vacuuming-- Mrs. Overall Nov 2018 #112
I was a twinkle in my Father & Mother's eyes KWR65 Nov 2018 #113
Second grade, just turned 7 Freddie Nov 2018 #114
On the Coast Guard Cutter Westwind loading spare parts into the hold, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2018 #115
Was working my 1st job out of high school. Everyone at work williesgirl Nov 2018 #116
In church at St. John Bosco, west side of Chicago, passing out.... machoneman Nov 2018 #118
10th grade at Stranahan High in Ft. Lauderdale Chalco Nov 2018 #119
I was in first grade. I saw him the day before in Houston TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #121
I was two years old that day. OnlinePoker Nov 2018 #122
First grade Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 #123
High school auditorium, study hall -- madamesilverspurs Nov 2018 #124
I was -24 years old. nycbos Nov 2018 #126
I was in Japan Joanie Baloney Nov 2018 #127
Saturday? shanti Nov 2018 #143
Yes, Saturday Joanie Baloney Nov 2018 #145
Ah, thanks! shanti Nov 2018 #146
Second grade - Salina, Kansas fantase56 Nov 2018 #128
2nd grade in my Catholic school class kimbutgar Nov 2018 #129
Ninth grade Goodwyn Junior High School in Montgomery, Alabama. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2018 #131
Tucson Arizona Andy823 Nov 2018 #132
I was 7 and in school when it happened SHRED Nov 2018 #133
I was in 1st grade Martin Eden Nov 2018 #135
I didn't exist yet Niagara Nov 2018 #136
I was in the first grade. TomSlick Nov 2018 #137
Obstetricians office OriginalGeek Nov 2018 #138
I am 55 and was born on November 7, 1963. BigDemVoter Nov 2018 #139
I was in fifth grade and the principal made an announcement over the loud speaker dflprincess Nov 2018 #141
8 years old in Catholic School nini Nov 2018 #144
3 years old- very first memory. James48 Nov 2018 #151
4 years old, we were in the car on the 101 on the way to the store, I think...my dad pulled over. haele Nov 2018 #152
I was at the Steinbeck theater on Cannery Row Monterey CA. Cold War Spook Nov 2018 #153
1st grade DiverDave Nov 2018 #154
Kindergarten Soxfan58 Nov 2018 #155
Austin TX 2nd grade at Highland Park Elementary. YOHABLO Nov 2018 #156
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