Years later, thank you, President Kennedy

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By DESIREE M. ROBERTS
First published in print: Sunday, November 22, 2009

... "Children, I have something to tell you. It is very sad. Please pay attention," Sister Clare, our principal, said as she made her announcement to the entire school, including my sixth-grade class ...

Today, standing before the grave of John F. Kennedy, angry because I was unable to see what I had waited 46 years to witness, I heard the eternal flame flicker as the gas jets hissed. You could hear the person next to you breathe. Turning to Tom and speaking in a whisper, I asked him to describe what he saw ...

"Excuse me, ma'am. There is no talking allowed," a guard said in a whispered disappointment ...

"Please do not mistake our conversation as disrespect. My wife is blind and I was simply helping her perceive the image before us," he said ...

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