Stop talking about the assassination for a moment. Raise a glass.....light a candle!

[LongTomH]

(Preferably both) to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Remember him for his accomplishments in the little more than 1,000 days he was president. Remember him for the things he wanted to accomplish and was prevented from doing.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

1. Indeed........

..............sounds like a wonderful suggestion.

[billhicks76]

17. E Howard Hunt YouTube Confession!

People need to watch this. Not much coverage since 2005 when Bush was president. Who wants to bet his dad was involved since he was in Dallas then. How about JFK Jr's plane going down weeks after he indicated he would run in 2000. They say he would've easily won simply with the woman's vote alone. Daddy Bush is quoted in the early 80s saying " You think the Kennedy boys were a big deal...wait till you see what my boys do". (paraphrased)

[duffyduff]

2. Exactly. We were cheated as a country, and his family was cheated. n/t

[longship]

3. I will do that right now.

Candle now lit and a short whiskey poured.

Skäl!

Here's to JFK and everything he did and could have done!
R&

[Booster]

4. Great idea. Below is something I posted on FB, but wanted to share it here.

I turned 21 on that fateful day in November, 1963. My best friend had taken me out to lunch to celebrate that special day in everyone's life when they officially become an adult. It was a great lunch and we laughed and acted totally silly like we always did. She drove me back to work and as I reached the door she yelled "the President's been shot". For the next 4 days I was glued to the TV as were most Americans. I watched Jack Ruby shoot Oswald, the first murder ever recorded on TV - we all saw it. The brave, beautiful and stoic Jacqueline as she walked behind the casket, the little moppet that was Caroline, and that tiny little boy saluting as the casket that held his Daddy rolled by. We lost a great man that day and we all lost a little of our souls.

In the 50 years since that day, not one birthday has gone by that I don't sit by myself at some point and just sob - not one.

[LongTomH]

5. Hugs

[Booster]

6. Thank you. I needed that. I'm starting early this birthday as I'm sitting here sobbing now. You

just don't get over that kind of thing no matter how many years have passed.

[Cha]

12. Thank you for sharing your story, Booster..

How unbearably sad for JFK's loved ones and our country on that day in infamy. Bless your heart for caring so deeply.

I was 19 and heard it on the radio as I was driving down the road in Phoenix, AZ.. I had to pull off to the side because I was shaking and crying so much. I didn't know anything about politics then.. it just hit me on a visercal level.

But, it's your birthday too and you deserve a Happy Birthday, Booster~

[Booster]

26. Thank you, Cha. My friend is taking me to the Indian Casino for the day to do a little

gambling, talk smart, have the buffet & then come home. That's about all the excitement I can take at this age. lol

[Raksha]

24. I understand how you feel. I was 17 when it happened.

It wasn't my birthday, but my father was killed in a train wreck 13 years earlier to the day: November 22, 1950.

[Booster]

27. Wow. That's rough. From now on I'll remember that you are sobbing with me also on that day.

[Cha]

7. Bless your heart, LongTom.. That's a beautiful thought..

To John Fitzgerald Kennedy~

[LongTomH]

11. And the glow from that fire can truly light the world!

[WillyT]

8. Yep...

[CBHagman]

9. This year the sorrow seems different.

I feel more of a sense of the sheer inhumanity of what was done to the president. He ought to have lived. He ought to have had a chance to do more. No one should have robbed him of his life. No one should ever have taken him from his family, or from the nation.

[Cha]

13. I share you feeling, CB..

[Aristus]

10. ...

[nirvana555]

15. Good post. It is so very different this year since it's the 50 year anniversary....

I was only 6 y.o. But remember exactly where I was and even the name of the classmate who told me. I remember yelling at her that she was mistaken and that it wasn't true and I ran all the way home.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. This was one of the first stamps in my collection

[The_Boss89]

16. Jack, Bobby, and Teddy

These three are the reason why I am a liberal.

[Moonwalk]

18. Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment known as...

...Camelot.

[Lugnut]

19. I will never forget the day we lost him.

I was 18 years old and had just graduated from high school in June. I was a Kennedy Girl when he and his campaign entourage visited the local town in 1960. My whole family had voted for him when he ran and won. It was a very sad time in our house.

[oldandhappy]

20. Indeed1

[montana_hazeleyes]

21. 50 years, when this travesty took place. I was 14, but feel as i did that day. All this week.

[ancianita]

22. My mom and I used to do this on the this day. Thanks.

[Hekate]

23. I was 16, lifetimes and lifetimes ago. A little Tullamore Dew, a candle...

[Art_from_Ark]

25. Here's a song dedicated to John F. Kennedy,

Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Bobby Kennedy. I get all choked up every time I hear it.

[Octafish]

28. JFK did great deal in 1,037 days in office.

Kept the peace when all around him wanted war, worked to harness nuclear weapons, worked for equal rights, put Main Street ahead of Wall Street, got America started toward the moon. Lots of that was considered impossible back then, and, unfortunately, still today.

Thank you for remembering, LongTomH.

[CFLDem]

29. ....

[sheshe2]

30. I was 9 then.

I was at a birthday party. It was an after school party, we were told what happened that day. Our mothers drove in to pick us up, tears in everyone's eyes.

Thank you LongTom