It Was 50 Years Ago Today ...

Sal wrote:

surfnrg wrote:I know exactly where I was and even down to the school desk i was at. The first announcement was that the President had been shot and the principle prayed over the loudspeaker. The second was that our President had died. We were dismissed. And yes the world I knew stood still. My parents were very quiet.

Something about the original post  to me was offensive. I am not exactly sure why? Perhaps I feel there is not enough respect. Also it is President Kennedy even today.

Too soon?

lol

I really meant no disrespect.

You have to realize that this event took place before I was born, so this is history book stuff for me.

OP edited to "President Kennedy".

2seaoat wrote: do you not feel safe and secure in your community now?

I have found Rosebud.

2seaoat wrote:If you can remember what you were doing, is your memory like mine of a wonderful time in our lives when we all felt safe and secure in our communities and had this optimism that America was going to get better.

However, I also remember the talks at the kitchen table about the downtown merchant strike, and how outside agitators were fueling the strife between the races.  I remember as if it was yesterday hateful things being said about people of color.   It is funny how selective our memory becomes as we age.

2seaoat wrote:Just because your entire family was/is racist doesn't mean everyone else's family is/was racist.


This lecture coming from someone who thinks people with Hispanic surnames are non white.   I at least recognize the source of racism and have striven to overcome much of my prejudgment........were you adopted?

QueenOfHearts wrote:
A little off topic, but:  I was a baby when this happened, so I have no memory of it.  I was talking to a few others that were older at the time.  I had just assumed that the country came to a standstill when the President was assassinated.  I was told that they made announcements in school, teachers were crying, but then they just continued on as a regular school day.  Businesses did not close down, etc.  Everything just went on as usual.  I was really surprised to hear that.  I would think that when the leader of your country was assassinated, the response would be a lot different, whether that leader was your candidate or not.   

2seaoat wrote:In Spring of 1964 we decided we would buy a portrait of President Kennedy and put it in the office.