Where were you when you heard about JFK

[Stew225]

being assassinated?

I was a sophomore at Lorain High School in Ohio. I was in Geometry class when the teacher, Mr. Looney (kid you not), told us to listen to the PA for an announcement. Lots of silence and tears the rest of the school day.

[RetroLounge]

1. In Chicago, In Diapers.

I was 2...

RL

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Same here ...

But in Bakersfield, Ca.

[ComerPerro]

2. In probably third grade

Sometime between when I was eight and ten, maybe. Of course, I was born in 1981, so I am just taking the smart assed approach to your question.

But, that is probably when I first heard about JFK...

[dodger501]

3. 6th grade, Catholic School

in Minneapolis.
The nuns were all in tears, a tv was wheeled into the classroom.
They had us praying like there was no tomorrow.

[pacalo]

14. I was in 6th grade, too!

We were told by the teacher & I'll never forget the sad, choked-up expression on his reddened face. It was a very dark, stormy Friday afternoon when we were sent out to the large breezeway area for an extended recess period.

I remember watching the funeral on tv over the Thanksgiving holidays. I was actually hoping that President Kennedy would "wake up", that it was all a bad dream.

[signmike]

4. Just don't you worry about where I was --

I have a strong alibi. With witnesses.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. At the University of WI. I had just arrived early for

a 1:20 English lit class and a girl came in in tears. She had been listening to a transistor radio on her way to class. We all sat there for the rest of the period listening to her radio, and then I went on to my 2:25 Danish class. The instructor let us go from that & I wandered around in a daze for the rest of the afternoon.

[frogfromthenorth2]

6. I remember this yong stand up comic saying : "We don't give a rat's

ass where you(talking to baby boomers) where when you heard the news... " funny

[WI_DEM]

7. a fetus in my mother's stomach--five months along

she told me she was mopping the kitchen floor at home and listening to the radio when the news broke.

[Birthmark]

8. I was in kindergarten

We got sent home and ol' mom was crying her eyes out. Dad got home not long after. We watched Walter Cronkite the rest of the day.

[Bluzmann57]

9. In First grade

and Mr. Hendricks, the principal came into our classroom and he and the teacher(I can't remember her name) both informed us that President Kennedy had been shot. We, being little kids didn't really understand the impact, but when we were walking(yes, walking) home, some bigger kids tried to explain it to us and when I got home, my mom was sitting dumbfounded in front of the TV. That was weird, because she rarely watched TV. My sister was crying her eyes out in her playpen, most likely because she was hungry, or maybe she sensed that something wasn't right. Anyway, my dad worked second shift at that time and I remember he didn't go to work that night. They tried to explain to a naive 6 year old kid what was going on and why things were screwy. Some things one never ever forget. That is one of them.

[knowbody0]

11. freshman

biology class.seattle.campus chaos.i ran away into the woods knowing our own government killed him. it was then i lost faith.then bobby then martin.
i marched in selma alabama where i tasted hatred so vile. changed forever, and it is surreal the way things are today.

[sazemisery]

12. Kileen Texas, 2nd grade

Schoold was closed after the annoucement on the PA.

[bunkerbuster1]

13. Wichita, KS. Mostly I remember Oswald's perp walk.

They replayed Jack Ruby's handiwork on the news quite a few times. I still remember the tv announcer telling us to "watch the hat."

And I remember my family was upset. I don't really remember much beyond that--I was 5. But it's the first historical event I can recall, clearly.

Apparently my folks took me to see JFK deliver a speech in Kansas when I was only 2. That's what they tell me. So I can say I saw the man speak, in person, anyway.

[No Mandate Here.]

15. Seventh Grade, Miss Gravink's Social Studies Class

Niskayuna (NY) School District. Clare Sampson cried.

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. at home

with my two small daughters

It was my 23rd birthday

My friend , Rosemary called me and told me the president had been shot and to turn on my TV. It was the most horrible thing I could imagine

[DenverDem]

17. In third grade class in Crosby, Texas.

I couldn't believe it because my family had just seen The President in a parade in Houston the day before. He passed by us on the street not 20 feet away and waved at me, an 8 year old standing on the curb. The emotional devastation from that day and the still ongoing aftermath of learning the probable truth as to who the perps actually were (amazingly enough, some of the same perps who are still fucking the country now) has led to my lifelong cynical anti-fascist activism.

[LizW]

18. On the school bus

I was only in first grade, so they didn't tell us the news during school. I was sitting on the first seat and my brother got on and sat down with me and told me the President had been shot and he might be dead.

When we got home we ran into the house and started to tell our parents, who, of course shushed us because they were sitting around the television watching the news. I don't know for sure if it had been announced that JFK was dead, because I remember they kept talking about the "would-be" assassin. I didn't understand what that meant.

[Richard D]

19. Sad Memory

I was in the third grade. The teacher was crying and then an announcement was made on the PA. I remember looking out the window. It was one of those moments where even though I had no political awareness at the time, I could feel everything change. Very surreal feeling, as though even the trees surrounding the school were feeling the shock.