"BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message

> 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

BabyJane Hudson wrote:
> 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

I have very vivid memories of certain things even back to when I was a year
old. I was older than than when Kennedy was shot. I recall being in
Woodbridge, Virginia, just outside of Quantico where my father was
stationed. I woke up from a nap because the phone rang. I toddled out and
found my mother, weeping. And she looked at me and said, "Someone shot the
President." I didn't know what that meant but I knew it had to be something
terrible to make my mother cry.

The next thing I recall is seeing the the funeral cortege and Jackie Kennedy
in her veil, with her children, and the eternal flame in Arlington National
cemetary. Even if we hadn't lived right outside of there, I'm sure it would
have made an impression. I was three years old.

Jill

I wasn't even the twinkle in my mothers eyes at that time... but I was a
few years later... Born in 1966

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Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA

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"BabyJane Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> 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

BabyJane Hudson > wrote in message
...
> 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

I was working in an office in New York City. When the news came through -
the German immigrant bookkeeper yelled at me about 'How great is your
country now'. I told her it was so bad she could go back to Germany.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

as a young teenager of just 13 i was down the cavern with a group of
friends when it came on the radio.( not the famous liverpool cavern
but our own local equivalent). i think a few of us sobbed into our
cokes and fantas.

"BabyJane Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> 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

I was watching As The World Turns when they broke in with the news. Dallas
was the closest large city to us.
Phyl

"BabyJane Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> 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

I was about to walk into a calculus class in school. I ended up in my car
listening to the radio reports.

It was impossible to fathom.

Dimitri

"BabyJane Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> 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


I remember being concerned even afraid as I really didn't know what it meant
to us that the President was assassinated. I was 6 years old and sat with my
Mom watching the funeral on T.V.

peace,
Barbara

In article >,
"limey" > wrote:

> "BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
>
> > 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
>
>

Like Dora's daughter, I remember seeing Oswald get shot on live TV. I
was only 6. We were out on the playground when JFK was assassinated.
Another teacher pulled Mrs. Sullivan aside to tell her the news. The
other thing I remember vividly about that weekend was the pre-emption of
the Saturday cartoons.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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in article , limey at
wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:

>
> "BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
>
>> 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.

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

> in article , limey at
> wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:
>
>
>>"BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
>>
>>
>>>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.
>


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.

Best regards,
Bob

I was in senior year of high school. It was break time, and I was smoking a
cigarette at a small mom-and-pop grocery near the school, when we heard the
news on the radio. When I got back at school so many students and teachers
were crying and hugging each other. It was unbelievable.
I had put up Kennedy signs and talked to so many people during the 1960
election, and was so happy when he won. My father took the signs out of our
yard every night and I'd get new ones up the following day. We had watched
the debates on TV and discussed every aspect of the party platforms. He
voted for Nixon, and my Mom voted for JFK; he made her walk the half-mile
home from the school where they voted. After Bobby was killed during the
1968 primaries, I lost my passion and belief in our political system. I
still vote, but don't really care who wins.
Dick

BabyJane Hudson wrote in message
>...
>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

zxcvbob wrote:
> Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>
>> in article , limey at
>> wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:
>>
>>
>>> "BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>>> Do you remember where you were when you heard about President
>>>> Kennedy being assassinated?
>>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I was barely 6 months old when Kennedy was shot.
>> No memories whatsoever.
> 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...
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

Sure you could, Bob. I remember one event from when I was a year old. We
were at my great-uncle's farm in Virginia; he raised TN Walker's. They put
me up on a horse and soon thereafter I fell off. My mother didn't believe I
remembered that until I described the exact position in which they were
standing and described the (bourbon) rocks glasses they were all holding in
their hands. Not something you'd tell to a child. She said, "OMG, you DO
remember that!" <G>

So I can certainly believe you'd remember something as serious as Hurricane
Carla.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>
>>Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>in article , limey at
wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Do you remember where you were when you heard about President
>>>>>Kennedy being assassinated?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>I was barely 6 months old when Kennedy was shot.
>>>No memories whatsoever.
>>
>>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...
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Bob
>
>
> Sure you could, Bob. I remember one event from when I was a year old. We
> were at my great-uncle's farm in Virginia; he raised TN Walker's. They put
> me up on a horse and soon thereafter I fell off. My mother didn't believe I
> remembered that until I described the exact position in which they were
> standing and described the (bourbon) rocks glasses they were all holding in
> their hands. Not something you'd tell to a child. She said, "OMG, you DO
> remember that!" <G>
>
> So I can certainly believe you'd remember something as serious as Hurricane
> Carla.
>
> Jill
>
>

I have a couple of definate memories from my very early childhood; like a
car accident when I was less than 2 years old. I busted my head open on
the windshield of the car and had to get stitches. I remember more details
about it than my parents ever talked about.

But I'm not sure if I actually remember Carla, or if it is an implanted
memory; picked up from the affect it had on everyone around me. I kind of
think it is a false memory just because it has no details whatsoever.

I don't remember Kennedy at all. Perhaps because we had *just* moved out
into the country and probably didn't have a TV yet.

Best regards,
Bob

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>
> > in article , limey at

> > wrote on 11/22/03 2:19 PM:
> >
> >
> >>"BabyJane Hudson" wrote in message
> >>
> >>
> >>>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.
> >
>
>
> 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
>

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 06:10:42 GMT, "Dick Thompson"
> wrote:

> After Bobby was killed during the
>1968 primaries, I lost my passion and belief in our political system. I
>still vote, but don't really care who wins.

Of all the things to make you lose faith in the political system, why would
it be something that has nothing to do with the political system?

Why would an assassination, which has nothing to do with voting or how
politics works in our country, do this?

And I'd say that it's pretty much time to start caring again, after the
last (s)"election".


--
Siobhan Perricone
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or
that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

You have a choice: www.deanforamerica.com
Feel free to contact me about him, he was my governor and "boss" for 10
years.

"If the percent of minorities in your state has anything to do with how you
can connect with African American voters, then Trent Lott would be Martin
Luther King, Jr." - Howard Dean

I was living in Lubbock, Texas with husband and 3 children. That day, my
oldest was at school (1st grade), and the others were playing. I was setting
my hair (thank God THOSE days are gone!), and had one side set. The TV was
on - just background noise. Then Walter Cronkite made the first
announcement. The other side of my hair never got set.

Thirty minutes later, my first-grader walked in the door, a little confused.
She knew it was too early for school to be out. An hour later my husband, a
salesman, walked in the door.

My first thought was that the right-wing segregationists had killed him. I
was so sure of this that I was shocked when Oswald's background came out. I
guess it depended on where you stood politically. I now live in a very
conservative area and our newspaper quoted a number of people this morning
who said their first thought was communists.

There was no way to get away from it that weekend. Remember that most of the
country had only the 3 television channels. That was all that was on TV, and
all radio stations played mournful, classical music. Finally, on Sunday
morning, although we weren't regular churchgoers, we went to church just to
get away from the tension. And you know what happened while we were there.

I too was watching As The World Turns when Walter Cronkite broke in with the
news. I couldn't stop crying for 3 days - it was the saddest time.