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245. I saw JFK the day before he was shot

Wed Aug 22, 2018, 10:16 PM

Aug 2018

He came to Houston first and my mother took me downtown to see the motorcade. It was one of those beautiful fall days where it was sunny and the air was cool and crisp. I remember his hair looked red in the sunlight.

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