Today marks the reason we have Kennedy Half Dollars

ss350camaro

November 22, 1963

Dallas, TX.

Bunker

LanLord

Yep, I remember it all too well.

I was still a youngun, I lived in Santa Ana, Cal. Went to John Adams Elementary school (Kindergarten).

I remember returning from school to see my mom crouched over the sink sobbing.

When I returned to school after Thanksgiving, some older kids told me and my friends that a house on our route was where the guy that shot Kennedy lived.

Well, being 6, I didn't know squat about Dallas, as far as I knew, Kennedy was shot right there!

I ran like hell past that house for weeks. Finally someone took pity on me and told me what was going on.

Live and learn.

But today is a sad anniversary.

FatMan

I too was in Kindergarten. We had our class in the Gym / Auditorium. I remember many teachers came in and started setting up chairs. And then they brought each grade in one at a time and told the kids that the President had been assisinated and then sent us home without any publice notice. Back in those days we all walked to school so it was a surprise for many moms when we arrived home. Could you imagine that happening today? (the sending kids home with no public notice)

Longacre

I was but a twinkle in my parents' eyes, but I've seen documentaries on it, and I can imagine how sad it must have been for the country.

BuffaloIronTail

I can probably still walk into my old 5th grade classroom and stand right where my desk sat.

Thing I remember most was watching the funeral live and mentioning to my mom that RFK Jr. saluted his dad when the casket went by.

I remember that the channel I was watching said nothing about the event, and it wasn't till later that the "Salute" became a centerpoint in documentaries.

Yep........being Catholic and all.........It was a sad, sad day.

Pete

mgoodm3

My parents lived in Dallas in 1963. My mother was working downtown, not too far from the incident on the day it happened.

ss350camaro

I was very young, and don't remember anything from the day it happened.

The resulting history does intrigue me to this day. I always find it fascinating to watch documentarys on the subject.

shmort6552

From a friend to the north (Canada) I remember exactly where I was. It was in grade 2 and all the teachers were in tears. A sad day for all.....

TorinoCobra71

Wasnt around then, but do know what happened......



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cladking

42 years.

Time flies.

Barberman55

I was in second grade at the time.......I remember more about that day, and the days leading up to the Kennedy funeral, then I do about anything else from my early childhood.