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In reply to the discussion: John Fitzgerald Kennedy 11-22-1963 Where Were You? [View all]appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)I had on a black skirt and light green blouse when the 83 year old man from upstairs started pounding on my door yelling "turn on your TV, Kennedy was just shot" I let him in and turned on the TV. We were both watching when the announcement was made that our president had not survived. We cried in each others arms, an old man and a young woman. I then cried during the walk, pushing the stroller to my appointment at the clinic. People looked at me funny when I arrived and then I told them why I was crying. The nurse ran and turned on a radio and then everyone starting crying with me. I was glued to my TV the next couple days, like most of the nation. I remember Jackie getting off the plane wearing her pink suit with blood all over it. I remember the parade with the horse drawn casket.
I also remember RFK being shot. My brother drove one of the funeral cars from the Capital Building to Arlington. I still have the tear stained letter he sent home afterwards.
I think anyone that lived through those two events have them ingrained in their memories down to the clothes they were wearing and what the weather was like.
I often wonder what our world would be like if either of them had lived. I know it would have been better than it is now.