NY Daily News - JFK Funeral (pic heavy)

[LiberalElite]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jfk-funeral-article-1.1514720

The brave little boy, who barely had time to tell his father hello, now said goodbye as the world watched and wept.
The country knew him as John-John, the adorable son of slain President John F. Kennedy. It was the morning of Nov. 25, 1963 — the child’s third birthday and the day of his father’s funeral.
Standing on the steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, his widowed mother leaned over and whispered in the fidgety boy’s ear.


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[GentryDixon]

1. Such a terrible time.

I was in my 9th grade English class when they announced it over the PA.

[LiberalElite]

2. Yes I was

in 8th grade in Catholic school. They used the PA system which had been installed over the summer to announce it. Previously the principal had to go from classroom to classroom to tell us all something important. In 1960 I'm sure she wasn't supposed to say this, but my fifth grade nun told us to tell our parents to vote for Kennedy because - get this - Nixon's a Quaker and won't defend the country.

In the past month or so I was wondering why all the JFK magazines in the stores; I wasn't conscious of this being the 50th anniversary. Now I look at the articles online and feel very very sad.