50 years ago I saw adults cry..

[S.A.M]

I thought this post would be too big for D.U, so here is link to my memoir. I was only 9 years old at the time and this my impressions of that day...
http://stephenjaymorrisblog.tumblr.com/

[Carolina]

1. Welcome to DU

I was 10 and living in DC. JFK was my hero and nothing said or written about his 'flaws' will ever change how he inspired me as a child.

Yes, I saw adults cry during those 4 days in November for the first time ever... We lost much more than a president 50 years ago

[AnneD]

2. I too was 10...

living in Ft Worth Texas. We were rehearsing a Thanksgiving play. Everyone was a buzz about the Presidential visit. An office worker came in and told the teacher. I just remember her face going totally white and she tried to keep her composure while we practiced.

It was so somber and quite. At dismissal, I went to the car and I could tell that Mom had been crying. We stopped at a convenience store on the way home and she had me go in to get some Kleenex. Every adult I saw had red rimmed eyes or sobbing into a handkerchief. That is what scared me the most-the adult reactions.

And was I ever glad it happened in Dallas and not Fort Worth.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

3. Yeah,

we all cried that day.

[roguevalley]

4. the only good story I heard back then. A girl who was blind cried for three days

and got her sight back. Apparently the tears and emotion corrected her problem.

[magical thyme]

5. I was 10, too.

The intercom came on and called all the teachers down to the principal's office. My classmates and I sat quietly, staring at each other, wondering what was going on.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Price returned and told us our President had been shot. She was crying.