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Where were you 40 years ago today?
"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>
> > in article , limey at
> > wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:
> >
> >
> >>"BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
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> >>
> >>>Do you remember where you were when you heard about President Kennedy
> >>>being assassinated?
> >>>
> >>>All I can remember is being in front of the TV during the funeral and
> >>>the constant sounding of the drums during the procession. I was only a
> >>>few years old then.
> >>>
> >>>Miss BabyJane Hudson
> >>
> >>Yes. I was raking leaves when our neighbor ran over with the news. I
> >>dropped the rake and it stayed there for the next couple of weeks,
> >>untouched. The other sad memory for me was my husband saying that
Oswald
> >>would never make it to the courthouse. Within seconds, our
nine-year-old
> >>came running to us, shouting "Oswald's been shot, Oswald's been shot".
I
> >>will never, ever forget the look of horror on that child's face.
> >>
> >>Dora
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > I was barely 6 months old when Kennedy was shot.
> > No memories whatsoever.
> >
> > I do, however, remember when Bobby Kennedy was shot.
> > I cried.
> > But I cried because I was 5 years old and Captain Kangaroo was
pre-empted
> > for news coverage.
> >
> > I guess I missed all the pivotal events of the 60's.
> >
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> I was 4 years old, and I don't remember JFK at all. But I *think* I
> remember Hurricane Carla (a cat. 5 that hit Houston in 1961) and I was
only
> almost 2 then. So I couldn't possibly remember it...
>
> Captain Kangaroo was cool.
>
Dont forget Romper Room!! My mom would save pot pie tins for me so I could
walk wth them on my head like they did on the show ;-)
peace,
Barbara
> Best regards,
> Bob
>
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