I was in Mrs. Winter's Kindergarten Class at Shackamaxon Elementary in Scotch Plains, NJ. We were all called to the auditorium where the Principal annouced the assasination. I remember everyone was crying. We were all sent home early.
I guess to me at least the Kennedy half is the most American of coins, and reminds me of a much simpler time. Collectors love history, and that coin is part of the living history of all of us that remember where we were when our generation lost it's innocence. I'm glad I remember.
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my parents were just 16 years old...I wasn't to come along for another 4 years...
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I heard the news that the President had been shot in Dallas just as I was getting ready to go to my Biology class - (a few minutes before 1pm EST) - Devestating News - Cut class & continued to listen to the radio news - then heard Walter Cronkite announce that President Kennedy was dead - It was shocking. The whole campus (& I think the whole country) came to a standstill - the UM-OSU football game scheduled for the next day was cancelled - Nobody could make any sense of what happened in those first hours - watched TV reports pretty much non-stop for the next 2 days - saw Ruby shoot Oswald - It was a sureal nightmare - there was great concern that the Russians were behind the assassination - In less than 5 years America went from the Optimism of JFK to what seemed like a descent into the depths of Hell: the escalation of the Vietnam war, the demonstrations, the weekly casualty reports (500 deaths a week), & then the 1968 Democratic convention where it seemed like America exploded and was at war with itself. JFK's assassination forever changed America - a whole generation lost its innocense at that moment.
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I myself was three at the time, I have not memory of it
My lady was 11, she states that they told her at school. Many cried. Was sent home for the day from school. Went she got home she found her mother in front of the radio crying. Her mother quit smoking that day and never picked it up again. Now her mother is one of the important people in my life.
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4th Grade, the principle came in and told us that the President had been shot in Dallas. He lead us in a prayer and sent us home to be with our families.
"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
I was in school (5th Grade) when the news came that President Kennedy had been shot.
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I was 6 years old - living in Havana, Cuba at the time. I was playing between my house and the neighbor's house when my mom told the neighbor what had happened.
Nemismatist is right... most if not all of the college football games for that Saturday in November of 1963 were cancelled and played sometime the following week. Not to take anything away from the thread and as hard as it may sound to believe but the OSU-Michigan game of 1963 did not have an impact on the Big Ten Championship. Illinois beat Michigan State to play Washington in the Rosebowl.
It is interesting to note that 40 years later that we are not closer to a resolution to this... while I am willing to acknowledge the single bullet theory is possible, it is still highly unlikely.
I remember where I was and the day was sad beyond belief only to be followed by days that were even more surprising for obvious reasons.
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The amazing aspect about this thread (besides the fact it has nothing to do with numismatics...surprised no one has mentioned that it spawned Russ's favortie series) is how our country has changed.
The talk about priciples and teachers leading the class in prayer and the national anthem seems like yesteryear. How a few folks can change the will of the majority still amazes me.
By the way I was 7 months old without a care in the world.
I was 6 years old, and can remember it like it was yesterday. I don't remember the actual assasination event but on the day Lee Harvey was shot, I was watching TV with my father, my Mother was in the kitchen. The news broke to Lee Harvey being led through the police station, and I was watching when he was shot. My father started shouting to my mother, and even though I was just 6, I was stunned. Later I saw the funeral procession, I watched it all. It still gives me chills to this day.
I was in Washington Court house, Ohio, hunting pheasants with my brother and two friends. One of the saddest days that I can remember. I was 21 years old at the time.
I was in 5th grade in Ms Kriss class in William B Ward elementary school New Rochelle, NY and remember the principal's announcement over the PA system. I believe he also included a short broadcast from the radio to let us know he was not fooling. We were stunned and numbed. We all left school early that day without saying a word. My mother who was as striking as Jackie was crying when I got home. My father was stoic as he was a fellow Navy Captain in the Pacific in WWII. That was the first time "current events" was really CURRENT to me. I was sickened by the whole thing.
We lived in the city that Dick Van Dyke and Thomas Paine made famous. Only two years later when RFK ran for Senator of New York, I took a close-up picture of him (which I have saved to this day) and was enthralled with him.
However, after his death, I learned fast about politics in Chicago in 1968.
I was just under 3 years old at the time and I don't remeber the assasination or Oswald being shot. But the funeral procession is just about my earliest memory. (Earliest was my brothers first birthday the month before.)
<< <i>It is interesting to note that 40 years later that we are not closer to a resolution to this... while I am willing to acknowledge the single bullet theory is possible, it is still highly unlikely. >>
I'm willing to admit to it being possible, but that bullet they "recovered" from Connley's stretcher wasn't it. A bullet pass through Kennedy, through the bones of Connley's wrist and lodge in his thigh just drops out on the stretcher on its own and isn't deformed by the passage through the wrist? I don't think so.
Another thing I have never understood. The President coming to town was a big thing. The motor route was lined with people and then like now people are shutterbugs. A event like that you will find a LOT of people taking pictures. Eight millimeter movie cameras were very popular back then as well. The TV crews were filming the event as well and in their film you see lots of people with cameras. All we ever see is the Zapruder film and a little TV footage of the cars racing away. You mean to tell me that during that 6 second period EVERYBODY had picked that time to stop taking pictures? There had to be at least a couple thousand people there. There should have been dozens of still shots and at least a few films of the event. Maybe Zapruder's was the best but where are all the others?
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I heard the news that the President had been shot in Dallas just as I was getting ready to go to my Biology class - (a few minutes before 1pm EST) - Devestating News - Cut class & continued to listen to the radio news - then heard Walter Cronkite announce that President Kennedy was dead - It was shocking. The whole campus (& I think the whole country) came to a standstill - the UM-OSU football game scheduled for the next day was cancelled - Nobody could make any sense of what happened in those first hours - watched TV reports pretty much non-stop for the next 2 days - saw Ruby shoot Oswald - It was a sureal nightmare - there was great concern that the Russians were behind the assassination - In less than 5 years America went from the Optimism of JFK to what seemed like a descent into the depths of Hell: the escalation of the Vietnam war, the demonstrations, the weekly casualty reports (500 deaths a week), & then the 1968 Democratic convention where it seemed like America exploded and was at war with itself. JFK's assassination forever changed America - a whole generation lost its innocense at that moment.
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Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all that he has done. --Colossians 2:7
My lady was 11, she states that they told her at school. Many cried. Was sent home for the day from school. Went she got home she found her mother in front of the radio crying. Her mother quit smoking that day and never picked it up again. Now her mother is one of the important people in my life.
Listen to the elders and learn from what they have lived
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"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
It is interesting to note that 40 years later that we are not closer to a resolution to this... while I am willing to acknowledge the single bullet theory is possible, it is still highly unlikely.
I remember where I was and the day was sad beyond belief only to be followed by days that were even more surprising for obvious reasons.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
The talk about priciples and teachers leading the class in prayer and the national anthem seems like yesteryear. How a few folks can change the will of the majority still amazes me.
By the way I was 7 months old without a care in the world.
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Wait! Was that the first grade or purgatory???
With those Nuns same difference I guess?
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Now -- 40 years later - I do understand.
btw...
A. Oswald did NOT act alone.
B. The "kill" was made from the front (storm drain near the "grassy knoll")
C. Conspiracy? Duh.
We lived in the city that Dick Van Dyke and Thomas Paine made famous. Only two years later when RFK ran for Senator of New York, I took a close-up picture of him (which I have saved to this day) and was enthralled with him.
However, after his death, I learned fast about politics in Chicago in 1968.
Thanks for all the replies.
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<< <i>It is interesting to note that 40 years later that we are not closer to a resolution to this... while I am willing to acknowledge the single bullet theory is possible, it is still highly unlikely. >>
I'm willing to admit to it being possible, but that bullet they "recovered" from Connley's stretcher wasn't it. A bullet pass through Kennedy, through the bones of Connley's wrist and lodge in his thigh just drops out on the stretcher on its own and isn't deformed by the passage through the wrist? I don't think so.
Another thing I have never understood. The President coming to town was a big thing. The motor route was lined with people and then like now people are shutterbugs. A event like that you will find a LOT of people taking pictures. Eight millimeter movie cameras were very popular back then as well. The TV crews were filming the event as well and in their film you see lots of people with cameras. All we ever see is the Zapruder film and a little TV footage of the cars racing away. You mean to tell me that during that 6 second period EVERYBODY had picked that time to stop taking pictures? There had to be at least a couple thousand people there. There should have been dozens of still shots and at least a few films of the event. Maybe Zapruder's was the best but where are all the others?
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