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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 22, 2019 22:39:55 GMT
Were you born yet? If not, did your grandparents/ parents/ family talk about it? What are their memories of it? If you were old enough to be aware of it, what are your memories? I was exactly 2 months old, my brother was 3, my sister was 5. I've asked my Dad about his memories of it, and he remembers watching the news with my Mom, and just being shocked and sad. My sister was only 5 and in Kindergarden, and she said it's a vague memory. It was only recently that I found out something that makes this sad day even more interesting to me. My Mom had severe post-partum depression after having me. Of course, back then, no one knew much about it, and even if they did----I doubt they---GASP!---talked about it. Anyhooo..... since I was a little 2-month-old baby with a Mom who had severe PPD, I'm assuming that watching this horribly sad news coverage did NOT help her emotional state. I would also REALLY love to know if she told her doctor and/or if he offered ANY type of treatment, but I don't. My Dad still has a great memory, but he does not remember her getting any kind of treatment, and as he got older, he actually has a lot of guilt about it. But anyhoooo.... Also, isn't is horribly sad to realize that 56 years ago, hearing of ANYone killed by a GUN was shocking? ------------------------------ ETA: This lead me to another sad day in history that my family definitely remembers. I didn't want to start ANOTHER thread, so I decided to add it here. April 4, 1968...... Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. We still lived about 20 minutes from DC then, and both parents worked downtown. Dad remembers traffic being horrible, phones didn't work, there were riots, fires, etc. He and my Mom decided to get us a babysitter while they stayed in a hotel downtown since it was way too chaotic to try and get home. My parents were always supportive of The Civil Rights Movement, and I'd love to hear more about it from my Dad, but he doesn't give lots of info. But I AM glad that he's a democrat who cares about all races being treated equally! Our regular babysitter at that time was a weird old lady that we have laughed about MANY times when we reminisce . I think my siblings said she was glued to the TV, watching the news, and then made us BURNT Spaghettios for dinner . My sis was 10, brother 7----they were upset that our parents couldn't get home us, and as the fires raged on, my sister became more afraid. I was 5 and don't remember a thing. I wish that while my Mom was still alive, I had cared about these major historical events and had asked her about all her memories of them. Ugh, but I'm grateful my Dad still remembers a lot, even at age 88. He doesn't give as much DETAIL as I'd like, though.
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 22, 2019 22:44:39 GMT
I was in second grade, and we were making horns of plenty.
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Post by christine58 on Nov 22, 2019 22:48:50 GMT
Were you born yet? I was 4...and I remember my mom crying when I got up from a nap. I also remember the funeral.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 22:55:39 GMT
I was three. I remember waking up from a nap and not being able to watch my afternoon cartoons but instead this thing about very sad people were on both channels. We got all of two channels regularly and the third if the wind was "blowing the right direction" or other atmospheric conditions were right.
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 22, 2019 22:57:26 GMT
christine58-----Aww, what a sad memory of your Mom crying. As far as the funeral, we lived about 20 minutes from the White House back then, and my Dad worked pretty close to it. i need to ask him his memories of that sad day, too.
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Post by librarylady on Nov 22, 2019 23:14:07 GMT
I was a freshman in college at a university 30 miles north of Dallas. (I told you before I was old!)
I ate lunch and returned to my room to write a letter to my parents during the lunch time break. I had the radio on a CBS affiliate station. They were broadcasting the president's visit live. The shots rang out--every news person went bonkers. I remember writing to my parents that I was listening and by the time they got the letter they would know. At some point I ran down the hall to get my roommate who was hanging out with a friend. We were stunned and glued to the radios.
Our dorm had 1 TV, as was the custom at the time. It was in a small room that joined the living room of the dorm. Only about a dozen could squeeze into that room. I don't remember going down to that room--just listening to the radio.
When his death was announced, we were stunned. My roommate was a little hysterical most of the weekend. She had never had a relative or close friend die and was freaking out.
All classes were suspended. I went to church with my roommate and when we came home we saw the shooting by Jack Ruby on TV, live. It was a surreal time.
It is all a little of a blurr now, but I think Thanksgiving was the next week so we had a week off from school for that. I could be wrong.
My university had/has a strong RN program. My sister, 4 years older, knows some nurses who were at Parkland that day. At her 50th class anniversary one of those nurses told all of them her memories from that day. --The hospital was preparing for some inspection so had a surgery room all set up to show the inspectors and it was being held "pristine" for that inspection. When JFK was brought in--they had a room open and ready to administer medical care immediately because of that soon to be inspection.
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 22, 2019 23:15:35 GMT
voltagain .....aww----it's sad to imagine a little 3-year-old tot who was probably upset that she didn't get to see her cartoons AND had to see sad people all over the TV! It's very interesting to me that you have such a clear memory at age 3, and makes me wonder how much my brother (also age 3) remembers. I don't think I ever asked him because I assumed he was too young. I'm so curious and will ask him next time we chat.
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Post by lucyg on Nov 22, 2019 23:29:55 GMT
I was in 5th grade. We heard about the shooting in the morning. They sent us home once they learned he had died. We also watched Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby on that Monday (I think). We didn’t go back to school till after the funeral.
Very sad day for this country.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Nov 22, 2019 23:34:21 GMT
I was 6 and in First Grade. I remember school being dismissed and walking home (small neighborhood school). The housekeeper had the television on and was watching the news. I remember her crying. Even at the age of 6, it was easy to pick up on the sad and somber mood that everyone had.
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Post by nlwilkins on Nov 22, 2019 23:37:17 GMT
I was a teenager and living overseas. A friend called my mother in the morning to tell her about it and we all felt so removed from it all cause of being so far away. But, it was really startling to realize that a PRESIDENT was shot. I believe the bases (on Guam) went on lock down and everything just kind of came to a stand still. All attention was on what was happening in Dallas
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 22, 2019 23:38:06 GMT
librarylady ......Wow, so many memories about that day for you !!!! Thanks for sharing! I wonder if your parents saved your letter and/or did you ever re-read it again, years later? That is the kind of thing I'd like to have for memories/ my family heritage album. The extra story about the nurses and the hospital---WOW!
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Post by mimi3566 on Nov 22, 2019 23:50:41 GMT
I remember the day and how incredibly sad everyone was even though I was only 4. Sadly the memory stems from the fact that my grandmother died that same exact day...I remember we were all at my aunt's house and how somber everyone was taking turns visiting my grandmother off and on throughout the day on her deathbed. Another sad reminder for me on this day is my brother passed 12 years ago today too...he was only 43 years young and such a kind gentle soul...he used to always tell all of us to be nice whenever the situation called for it. I miss him so....
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Post by femalebusiness on Nov 23, 2019 0:02:52 GMT
I was at tenth grade assembly in the gym and Mr. Davis stopped the assembly and announced that the president had been shot. It went from a raucous assembly to dead silence. You could have heard a pin drop until the crying started. We were dismissed and sent home about thirty minutes later. After that everyone in my family was glued to the tv until after the funeral.
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Post by freeatlast on Nov 23, 2019 0:13:58 GMT
I was in grade school and the principal came into our classroom to announce the president had been shot and had died. She lead us in a prayer (Catholic school) and then let us go to the playground. I remember the teachers standing around outside and crying. Although my dad died under totally different circumstances, I remember sobbing on the playground, too, thinking of another little girl left without her daddy.
We were glued to the TV that weekend and I remember seeing the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald live.
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Post by buddysmom on Nov 23, 2019 0:46:26 GMT
I was six years old.
I remember the Saturday cartoons were not on (remember I was just six, no disrespect intended.)
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Post by disneypal on Nov 23, 2019 1:02:08 GMT
I was about 3 weeks old. My mom says she was feeding me with a bottle when she heard the news.
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 23, 2019 1:13:30 GMT
mimi3566 ...Wow, how sad that this date has 2 other heartbreaking losses for you and your family! (P.S.---I lost my baby brother when he was only 39, so you have my sympathy! (( hugs )) Although my dad died under totally different circumstances, I remember sobbing on the playground, too, thinking of another little girl left without her daddy Awww....that's a LOT lot of sadness for a child! (( hugs))
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Post by tentoes on Nov 23, 2019 1:19:48 GMT
Yes, I remember it. I was sick and hadn't attended school that day. My mom was at work. I was watching television and the announcement came on, I was shocked!! I called her at work and told her what had happened. She came home to be with me. I was glued to the tv and was so sad that something like that could happen in our country.
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Post by frog on Nov 23, 2019 1:35:38 GMT
They made the announcement over the loudspeaker. I don't remember school being dismissed. I do remember how much I cried because at age 6 1/2 President Kennedy was my hero. To this day my mom still talks about how much I worshiped him.
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Post by roberta on Nov 23, 2019 2:39:00 GMT
I was young but I do remember it
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Nov 23, 2019 2:49:27 GMT
My mom was a senior in HS. They made an announcement, and dismissed the school. My dad (20 at the time) was waiting in the parking lot to pick her up. They drove to my mom's house to watch the news with my grandparents. They all drank sloe gin and chain smoked cigarettes while sobbing.
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Post by brynn on Nov 23, 2019 3:25:25 GMT
voltagain .....aww----it's sad to imagine a little 3-year-old tot who was probably upset that she didn't get to see her cartoons AND had to see sad people all over the TV! It's very interesting to me that you have such a clear memory at age 3, and makes me wonder how much my brother (also age 3) remembers. I don't think I ever asked him because I assumed he was too young. I'm so curious and will ask him next time we chat. I was three also. I remember my father explaining to me the significance of the riderless horse with boots placed into the stirrups backwards as part of the funeral.
On Nov. 22, 1963, my father was working at the livestock ring, a side gig for most of the farmers in my neighborhood (My father did it to pay my medical bills). The news of the assassination spread from paddock to paddock by word of mouth.
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Post by georgiapea on Nov 23, 2019 3:32:07 GMT
I was a young mother and turned on the tv while I fixed dinner. My 4 old suddenly began crying and I rushed to see what on tv could have caused her upset. It was a terrible time for our country.
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Post by Skellinton on Nov 23, 2019 4:46:18 GMT
I wasn’t born yet, but my mother has told me of her memory, She was a nursing student and working on the “Psych Ward”. On of the patients ran out of his room screaming about the President being shot. Of course at first they didn’t believe them, but one of the other students was in a room with another patient and also heard it in the radio and she screamed. My mom was just about due for lunch so she ran back to her dorm room and got her tiny tv and brought it back. She said the nurses took turns huddled around the tv watching the news unfold.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 23, 2019 6:22:25 GMT
I was a freshman in college at a university 30 miles north of Dallas. (I told you before I was old!) My son was 2 and that day I took my first and last Christmas card pictures. It was a very long weekend. I don't know how much he remembered. I just realized that there is another incident ..... My DS's DS was 2 when he watched the Towers come down in NYC on 9/11 and he does remember!
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 23, 2019 6:25:44 GMT
My university had/has a strong RN program. My sister, 4 years older, knows some nurses who were at Parkland that day. At her 50th class anniversary one of those nurses told all of them her memories from that day. --The hospital was preparing for some inspection so had a surgery room all set up to show the inspectors and it was being held "pristine" for that inspection. When JFK was brought in--they had a room open and ready to administer medical care immediately because of that soon to be inspection. I have a college friend whose father was a surgical resident at Parkland when the President was shot. He was assisting a surgery in the room next door to the one where President Kennedy was taken for treatment. If I remember correctly, someone came in and told them what was going on next door.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Nov 23, 2019 8:18:12 GMT
I’m another who was 6, and unhappy that there was only sad grownup things on all the channels.
A few years later, I was getting ready for school, and my mom, who worked nights, told me from her bed that Kennedy was shot. I told her that had happened years before. I figured that she was dreaming. No, she said, it happened last night.
Went to school and learned that Bobby, who was my pick in the race for president, ( the class was following the election for social studies ), had been shot and killed right there in LA.
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Post by MZF on Nov 23, 2019 12:01:23 GMT
What I remember--I was 8, and was feeling very sick. Dad was in the service, and my mom was doing housework and listening to the news as we did not have a TV. The JFK assassination was on the news, over and over, mom was very upset. I remember throwing up, and rolling around clutching my stomach. Mom called dad to come home (she did not drive) and she told me as soon as he was home they are taking me to the doctor. I remember my dad carrying me to the car, but the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital after surgery for a burst appendix. I was in the hospital for 5 days and have a large scar.
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Post by librarylady on Nov 23, 2019 13:43:53 GMT
I went to bed thinking of that day so many years ago and dredged out some more memories concerning the assassination.
About 8 weeks later it was semester break and my roommate and I were going to Wichita Falls to spend the week with my sister. We were on a Greyhound bus. It stopped and picked up passengers in Dallas and then we went on to WF. It must have been Friday or Saturday night (it was after dark). A woman passenger came aboard and she was drunk as a skunk. After we were enroute, she began to yell out things and eventually stood up and yelled at all of us that she knew Jack Ruby and "they" were after her. She said other things about the events, but I don't remember what. She told us her name and not to forget it. (Jane Hill) I only remember her name because in my first teaching job, the teacher across the hall was named Jane Hill. If I remember correctly, she was eventually told to sit down and hush or the driver would put her off the bus. --I have remembered that lady when all the stories of conspiracy came out.
FF to the 1980s. I attended a church in Dallas (still attend that church). Two of the members had a connection to that weekend, though neither man spoke about it unless specifically questioned.
One man, James Watson, was a police officer in the background of the famous photo of Jack Ruby being shot. He was in uniform with a hat. My son interviewed him for a school project when son was in HS. Nothing dramatic to tell other than he was part of the officers assigned to transport Oswald to the new location.
The second man, Louis Saunders, was the minister who officiated at the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Louis was a minister in Fort Worth at the time. Someone was supposed to officiate at a graveside service for Lee. Louis went out there because he was curious and it was history. He parked and walked to the open grave. A huge crowd gathered--most of them were angry etc. Police were there for control. I can't remember now if the minister decided not to do it or the crowd scared him off. Louis was already there. I don't know how those people knew Louis was a minister, but somehow it came down to --"we don't have anyone to officiate." Louis volunteered. He told me he volunteered because: Everyone deserves to have a proper burial and the family needed comfort and a burial. He said it was such a hostile crowd that he didn't go back to his car and get a Bible to read scripture, but did what he did from memory. Later, he received many letters--some hostile, some kind. People sent him money to give to Marina Oswald because they knew she needed money. At his death, all those letters etc. were given to the museum in Dallas that is dedicated to the events of the assassination. (Sixth Floor Museum)
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Post by mimi3566 on Nov 24, 2019 0:45:11 GMT
mimi3566 ...Wow, how sad that this date has 2 other heartbreaking losses for you and your family! (P.S.---I lost my baby brother when he was only 39, so you have my sympathy! (( hugs )) Thank you and I'm sorry for your loss too. Although my dad died under totally different circumstances, I remember sobbing on the playground, too, thinking of another little girl left without her daddy Awww....that's a LOT lot of sadness for a child! (( hugs))
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