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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States :yh_flag a sad anniversary ~

lady cop;466141 wrote: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States :yh_flag a sad anniversary ~




i agree he was a great man i wonder how the world would of changed if he had lived ?:(

Magenta flame;466300 wrote: what was that Berlin speech again?

that was a famous speech


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3022166.stm

I am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished chancellor who for so many years has committed Germany to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Clay, who has been in this city during its great moments of crisis and will come again if ever needed.Interesting chap, Lucius Clay. He was the commander of the American occupation zone in Germany during Curtis LeMay's Berlin Airlift.

I was 9 years old when he died. I remember the principal sent us all home from school. I have a strong recollection of walking by a classroom and seeing a teacher standing by a window sobbing. :-1

[QUOTE=Diuretic;466284] I still remember exactly what I was doing and where I was when I was told he'd been assassinated. /QUOTE]



Me too.

I think we all remember where were we at that very minute. :-1

i had dreams for weeks afterwards, the entire scenario played out in my mind every night. i was just a kid, huddled in a heavy wool coat against a raw windy day, the white house draped in black, and the caisson passing slowly by, the riderless horse a poignant symbol. it stayed with me always.

I was six months old. i have not a clue what i was doing.



i always wondered how out history might be different in he had lived.......Cuba might have ended up being a beach for the rich americans or something......

guppy;467075 wrote: I was six months old. i have not a clue what i was doing.



i always wondered how out history might be different in he had lived.......Cuba might have ended up being a beach for the rich americans or something......havana was exactly that until the russians moved in. in the 50's havana was the biggest party on earth.

I was in school. We were all sent home. I found my mom crying in the livingroom watching tv. It felt like all hope was taken away from us. Then it seemed like all hell broke loose with Johnson.