I remember where I was

[magentamn]

I was in junior high English, just outside of Washington, D.C. I think we were studying "As You Like It". One student had gotten permission to have a radio with an earphone (what we'd call an earbud now) because President Kennedy was going to make a major speech in Dallas. All of a sudden, he took out the plug, and we could all hear the radio, with

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[skylarker]

I was in third grade. I remember some kid saying 'they shot the president' and another kid saying, 'sure, with a bow and arrow.'

[apostle_of_eris]

I miss Mauldin.
Among other things, his obits (like our choice) were spectacularly right.
For Eleanor Roosevelt, he drew a couple of cherubs peeking over a cloud: "It's her!" For Winston Roosevelt he drew the strong, proud British lion with a tear in his eye.