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I went to the JFK Library in Boston once nearly 30 years ago and was totally overcome with emotions just looking at the displays and pictures.

It was a devastating event and years following had many more difficult days...

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I was in 2nd grade in Illinois they sent us home early I did really not understand till later what had happened :(

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I was in Keflavik, Iceland packing to leave the next day after a YEAR there...
I live about 50 miles from the library building and have never been there and avoid going by there......RIP JFK

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I was in 2nd or 3rd grade at Martha B. Day Elementary in Bloomingdale, NJ when Principal Mr. Spreen came on the 'Loud Speaker' with the news. We all just looked at each other wondering what would happen next. We were sent home didn't really speak about it, different times! Funny how you remember some things perfectly. And yes, it did change everything. We were in the midst of the Cold War which included air raid drills/hiding under our desks. I'm sure most of you remember this.

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You sure got that right MJ

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I was in High School General Business class at Lowell High (Long Gone) in
Whittier California. John F. Kennedy was a great man = With like all of us.........
Our share of Faults and Feet of Clay. I truly long for the days when we could disagree
with each other and yet not hate each other AND not call each other terrible names.
We all stood together as Americans no matter our vast differences.

The last Decade breaks my Heart!

John Irving



"Son of David" have Mercy on your pitiful Servants!

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I was in 5th grade and coming back to class from the lavatory when another class mate told me about President Kennedy being shot. I walked into my class and spoke quietly to a kid named Craig Rifle( really) where upon he called me a liar real loud disrupting the class. The teacher asked what was going on and when Craig told her what I'd said, she took me by the ear out into the hall to square away my lying. After a trip to the principals office and her discovery that I was in fact telling the truth, we returned to the class room where she told my class mates what had happened. We spent the rest of the day watching the closed circuit T.V. in the room. The teacher never apologized to me for dragging me out into the hall by my ear. I'll never forget that day or the events following.
there wasn't a kid in the neighborhood that was outside playing for days afterwards.
Life did change.
Walt

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Wow, I was in 10th grade. We had an assembly and they made the announcement,
everyone was in shock.

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10th grade study hall. Some girls cried hysterically.

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I was at Maxson Jr high school Plainfield, NJ 7th grade social studies class, our teacher came in crying told us what had happened everyone was sent home. Guess that's one of days you'll never forget. Unfortunately there's been a lot more of those days sense than.