Where Were You November 22, 1963?
The 50th anniversary is Friday. I was a 6th grader and we were in history class, what a coincidence! All of a sudden the principal came on over the intercom and played a radio station that was staticky and hard to hear. The nun teaching the class started writing on the board what had happened. We were all shocked!! When we went home, all the TV stations were tuned to it. I remember we were off of school the following Monday to watch the funeral. I don't know if other schools were off, but we attended a Catholic school and Kennedy was very special because he was the first Catholic president. I'll never forget the funeral procession, the riderless horse, Pennsylvania Avenue. I've been to D.C. several times since then but had no idea what those different places were.
It changed America. I feel badly for younger people who weren't able to experience the changes most of us did, Kennedy, both John and Robert, Martin Luther King.