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November 22, 1963 - Now 43 Years Ago

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November 22, 1963


John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, Dies at 46


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eM.:(
 
Wow, I can believe it has been so long. Without realizing, I was just saying today that I remember exactly what I was doing when I heard he was shot. That was such a simpler time.
 
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I heard the news in a college classroom, taking a mid-term Speech Exam. The doors were open and you could here the news spreading through the halls.

People were beginning to cry. Some classes had apparently been dismissed.

One of the students in my class asked if we could finish our mid-term on another day.

The reply from the Professor - No. You may leave if you wish, but you will not be able to take the exam over at a later date.

About two hours later, after having seen the news on television in the cafeteria, I decided to go down to my Sociology class to see if the class would be meeting. The brilliant professor of that class had shown up - and sat there with the students for as long as they wanted and just talked about the events of the day and how we were all dealing with it. Many students decided to stay - now that is the ART OF TEACHING. Talk About Class...|

eM.:( :cry:
 
I clearly recall the cover of TIME magazine, with the photo of JFK with his son, John-John.
I was a small child, my sister had just been born, and I watched as my mother cried, watching the televison.
I was frightenend by the horse (representing the president), which was really skittish, and jumping around during the funeral procession.

We lost a great president, and I know that his legacy still lives on in many of us who love our country.

I hope that he is reunited with his wife and son.
 
Theyoungman said:
And why do you remind us? Leave the past in the past.
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Well given the fact that you are a young adult and not part of that period of time, you might not have the same feelings regarding those eventful 4 days in November, that forever changed this country and possibly the course of history had JFK lived more then just 1000 days..

As you did not experience the pain of those four days and the horror of a live murder on television of Lee Harvey Oswald, i think it is rather a shame you should want to push such events into a vaccum of non-existence and then just ignore them and hope they go away.

Also i have a minor or vested interest in the story of JFK. As a college student I was working at the Democratic National Convention for all four days of the convention, and shall never forget the evening of him winning the nomination nor his presence when he gave his acceptance speech. And what four days they were - the American political scene in front of one and the events in the hall. Finally, i had the chance to meet one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Two hours in the company of this remarkable woman as she demonstrated how the "art of politics" was to be played that evening - according to "her paint brush and brilliant memory."(*8*) (*8*) (*8*)


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eM.:(
 
Theyoungman said:
And wh do you remind us? Leave the past in the past.
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We learn from our pasts, and can not forget. I happen to know John and Robert and still remember them both. Some things I just can not forget.

It is also important not to dwell on the past but to move on.
 
It was a different time. The entire country pretty much stood still for four days, until the State Funeral in Washington, D.C. I remember leaving class and driving home; the roads seemd eerily calm and quiet. Then life pretty much revolved around the flickering box in the living room, the whole family. Business across the country shut down for the funeral on Monday. The first outpouring of a Nation's grief that I had ever witnessed.
 


I was just 6 years old and in the first grade at school that year. I remember that day, but I didn't really understand what it was all about. I remember coming home from school and not being able to watch cartoons that afternoon because of the news coverage on television. This was when there were only three major channels - ABC, CBS, NBC. I also remember watching the funeral with the horse-drawn caisson. But I really don't remember John F. Kennedy as president at all. My first awareness of a president began with Lyndon B. Johnson. As I grew older, over the years as television aired JFK commemorative specials, as well as programs dealing with the assassination, only then would I begin to understand the significance of that day.



Here's links of interest:

The Zapruder Film

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1pwNo01HDWU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OcDLpfBti8Q

State Funeral Of John F. Kennedy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Yl_SG0pnaU

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Whats amazing is that if it happened today there would be like a 100 types of videos (camphones, etc) rather than just one. The Zapruder film is the only one known to exist. I read where he was at work and realized he forgot the 8mm he was going to bring from home and was 50-50 about going home to get it for fear of missing the motorcade.
 
...fact is we still do NOT learn from history - if so :rolleyes: the world today would look different...
 
^^ the lack of success is not reason to stop trying

and maybe there have been some instances of learning

and yes, there are many examples of the failure
 
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This is what was being shown on TV in Dallas when the news broke. Also an interview with Zapruder before his legendary film was developed.



The CBS newsflash as it happened letting everyone know of the assassination..
Color footage added as an insert.

 
Renowned artist Mark Balma created Pieta, a historical painting that captures a moment, witnessed by few and never photographed, at the emergency entrance of Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the painting, Jacquelyn Kennedy grieves over the body of her murdered husband, minutes after he was shot in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963.

"For a moment, Mrs. Kennedy refused to release the President whom she held in her lap."

Warren Commission Report



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http://www.sharingthemoment.org/index.php
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For those interested, a VERY good book on that day is Jim Bishop's "The Day Kennedy Was Shot"
 
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