The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: Crosley.In.AZ on November 21, 2008, 11:47:16 PM
November 22nd 1963 ..... President John F Kennedy was assassinated ... 45 years ago.
Do you remember where you were IF you were alive?
I was pulling into a local gas station. It was unbelievable
I was in a Spanish II class in high sc high school and they announced it on the PA system The teacher was the head of the Forengin language department and no one gave him credit for any feelings other than strictly his job. He broke down in tears and left the room. GPster
I was in high school. I had been sent to the principal's office ( again ). When I walked in, all the staff was gathered around a radio. The news was breaking about the presidents assassination. Everyone was in shock. They called the busses around to take the students home. Finally, the assistant principal asked me what I needed. I shook my head and said it was not that important. I then headed out the door and boarded the bus. On that tragic day, fate had intervened and had spared me a paddling. :shock:
Since high school is now a faint blur, I know I was there but in what class or form of punishment I was awaiting - I have no idea. Sure wish I had a shape memory like you guys, but then again.....
Lee
I was in Geometry class when it was announced over the PA. The teacher sent one of the guys to the office to confirm the news. When he returned and said it was true the teacher put his head on the desk and cried. we all just sat in silence and looked at each other in disbelief. I remember a quote after that long weekend "We will smile again,but we will never be young again."
USAF Vietnam. It was in the middle of the night when we heard .
I was off school for deer season, sitting at a desk in my bedroom doing homework and listening to a transistor radio. I told mom and we turned the TV on. At 15 years old I never thought about anything like that ever happening.
Gym class in high school....Even in a Vo-Tech school environment this was unbelievable news......... :(
Bob............. :(
I was a blissful freshman walking through the halls to my next class. The unblieveable rumor spread through the schools crowded halls like wildfire. An official announcement during the next class confirmed our fears. School was dismissed, most kids waited for their buses, I just wandered the four miles home in a daze. Innocence ended with a hard slap to the face. Jbird 8)
I was 9 yrs old at the time. I knew it was bad , but did not fully grasp the weight of what had happened.
With all the versions of "what really happened" that day 1 shooter or more.... I wonder what the real story is.
I remember seeing the news reports of Oswald being shot on TV.
It is a sad - sad time in our country's history
I was in Auto Shop Related class, my junior year
I was in first grade and simply did not understand what it was all about.
A good friend of mine who went to a different gradeschool told me once that when he heard all he could think was why would someone shoot the janitor. That was the only Kennedy he knew.
I'm married to a woman who wasn't even born yet when it happened.
I also was in Spanish II class in high school and just like GPster heard it over the PA system.
Heh, heh, one of the few classes I flunked.
I mostly remember getting out of school and staying home to watch the funeral on TV.
I was only 2 years old then. However my parents tell me that we were just outside the building when Jack Ruby shot Oswald...We lived in Dallas ifrom 60-67 We also have some movie footage my mom took at dealy plaza (sp?) the day after.
Doug
Quote from: "Crosley"November 22nd 1963 ..... President John F Kennedy was assassinated ... 45 years ago.
Do you remember where you were IF you were alive?
I was in school that day (8th grade). Growing up in a Catholic family we took it as an especially hard loss. My 4 yr. older sister had shaken his hand while he was on campaign tour.
i was alive in nov 63 but i don't remember anything about the assassination.
i was 26 days old :roll:
i've frequently thought of where we would be if he hadn't been killed.
later jim
My god some of you guys are so young you make me feel even older than I am :lol:
I was in 5th grade. The teacher came in and sat down. Said she had something to say that she hoped would never happen. Most of us didn't get the rest of the story until after school when we started watching tv. I saw Ruby shoot Oswald on tv. It amplified an era of mistrust that was just beginning.
Like River1, I was to young - (only 3 months old)
I know its not the same thing, but I was a junior in High School when President Reagan was shot.
Mike
A lot of parallels have been drawn between John F Kennedy and the President elect ... I wonder if he will make his 4 years in office or if in another 40 or so years someone else will ask the question ... where were you when Obama was shot ?
:(
I was in a Catholic grade school at the time. I din't remember what class or what nun, but I do remember we prayed. At the time we heard the news they had only said the president was shot, not that he was dead.
taking high school chemistry test---very sad day
I was just about to come in from noon hour recess in the 8th grade when one of my class mates, who went home for lunch, came back to school and said the president has been shot. We thought he was b.s.ing us. When we sat down in study hall, our principal came in and announced it. A little while later he came in and announced he was dead. Everyone was numb. My parents were going to take me to the movie "PT 109" that night. We didn't go.
I was at K55, Osan Korea...It was about 11 PM at night. The whole base went on alert, and stayed that way for several weeks. It was quite a time for us because they locked down the base and no one could get in or out. I was in Ham Radio then too, and the amateur (MARS) station there had 2 teletypes running all the time getting news about what had happened. We would take the printouts to the chow hall and post it for the troops to read while waiting in line for chow...