44 Years ago next Thursday - Hope Died [View All]

[NewHampster]

The hope of my Mother's generation was shattered and my generation never has fully recovered our trust in anything. We thought we had but Bobby is another story.

I was in 7th grade and that day is imprinted on my mind even more than the first time I had sex. Well that might be a stretch, but I remember leaving school in a daze and forgetting that I had ridden my bike that day. Some jerk stole my bike out of the rack that day but the police actually recovered it.

What I remember so well is how hard it was on our teachers. We were basically locked down while they went to get the news and decide how to handle it. My teacher, the nastiest old English teacher, came in crying and said President Kennedy is dead and we were dismissed for the day. Everything was a daze and would never happen like that now. They forgot that some kids needed buses or had parents that worked. They just said to go home and we did.

A new movie, Oswald's Ghost, explores the profound effect Oswald had on history. NPR interviewed Robert Stone about his new movie which although premiering in NYC and showing in LA is primarily a TV event in January. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16400399