Where Were You? Check out the memories shared

Sue Honea

1 year ago

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This post is for old people! Sixty years ago today (November 22, 1963) President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I was 13 years old sitting in study hall at Magee Junior High. I can still “hear” John Carter hollering about the President’s death. For years, I have been fascinated with the assassination of Kennedy. The picture of Jackie Kennedy wearing a pink blood stained 2 piece suit is a forever memory.

The fascination with the Kennedys is still prevalent today.

Where were you when Kennedy was killed?

I am interested at what point in your life you learned of his death.

As a 13 year old, my mind was not on politics are even who was the President. But, the USA changed after Kennedy’s death. Many saw him as the leader of change…in the South, most people did not agree with his politics. Kennedy created almost a new society.

Share your thoughts with me!

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I was in Ms. Theda Berry’s sixth grade class, when Terrell Stubbs came in to tell us that President Kennedy had been assassinated. (I also remember that some of my classmates cheered the news).

It truly affected me in a profound way. I couldn’t grasp that anyone could klll our President, much less why I also remembered that Friday afternoon, a torrential rain occurred, which made the day even sadder.

I was glued to the television all weekend. There were no commercials on any of the tv networks, and regular programming was suspended until after the President’s funeral on Monday.

Adding to the unbelievable happening on 11/22, I didn’t go to Sunday School on 11/24 and was watching WLBT. I witnessed Jack Ruby murder Presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live television.

School on 11/25 was not canceled for the funeral, but Ms. Berry brought in a television so our class could watch President Kennedy’s funeral.

So, yes I remember that day very well. Our society today has become somewhat desensitized to violence, but as a 10 year old in 1963, I will never forget how that dastardly act, affected both our country, State, city and me.

Charlie Gee

It was near the end of lunch break, eighth grade, the weather was nice, and a bunch of us were “messing around” on the baseball field next to the school, when the principal came out yelling and ringing an old timey bell like early teachers rang on TV and in the movies. When we got to the school, she announced that the president had been shot, and sent us all to our respective classrooms. At that point we didn’t know he was dead. We had TVs in every classroom, and the principal told the teachers to forget about instruction and turn on the TVs and let us watch, because this was historic. On a related note, which only points out my age, when I first glimpsed the photo you posted, I immediately thought, “Gosh, the president is riding in a really old looking car!”

John Shivers