I was 19 years old and working as a waitress in a small cafe... There was a regular that came in every day for breakfast and he was a jokester, he came in the door that afternoon and said the president has been shot, at first I thought he was joking until I saw the look on his face. It is still such a sad thing. I guess I am lots older than some of you folks. It did indeed change America.. Then when Robert was shot, it was like "What is happening to our country?" Very troubling times indeed.