22 November 1963

[lizardqueen]

I don't have anything profound to offer about what happened on this day five decades ago, when I was a seventeen-year-old away from home for the first time, at college. But I want to remember now, without pain but with solemnity, how I felt then

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[carmy_w]

I was barely a year old when President Kennedy was shot, so I really don't remember anything about it. My memories are from repeats of the several anniversaries of his death, and the way I nearly felt heartbroken when I heard that John Jr. had died. He was just starting to make a separate name for himself, and I like to think he'd have eventually gone into politics himself, despite his aversion to it.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your memories. It brought the emotion home and made it very real.

[lizardqueen]

Thank you, my dear. Passing it on, passing it on.