“I’ve tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.” ~ Hank Aaron On this date, sixty years ago President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in an open car motorcade. I was five years old, and my dad was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Now, I cannot pretend to say that I knew what was going on, or what it all meant, but I do remember being outside playing and then all sorts of men and women coming out of the housing crying and gathering in groups. Over the years, I have come to understand the magnitude of this event and how it changed our county’s course and history. It was and is a terribly sad day. Please take a few moments to reflect. Also, if you choose, check out “JFK: One Day In America”, it is an extremely well done documentary from National Geographic with interviews with the surviving witnesses.
Dealy Plaza will be extra crowded today. It amazes me the number of people who still, 60 years later, come stand there where the President was killed. I've stood in the window where Oswald is said to have killed JFK from. I too was a sharpshooter in the Corps. I highly doubt he made that shot at a moving target.
Another nice and folksy post! I love how you incorporate personal and fact in your posts! It does a lot to show you are real! Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!
Dealy Plaza will be extra crowded today. It amazes me the number of people who still, 60 years later, come stand there where the President was killed. I've stood in the window where Oswald is said to have killed JFK from. I too was a sharpshooter in the Corps. I highly doubt he made that shot at a moving target.
Another nice and folksy post! I love how you incorporate personal and fact in your posts! It does a lot to show you are real! Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!
Author's Correction: John Kennedy was born on May 29, 1941, not "1041". My apologies for the typo.