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"President Kennedy died today at 1:30 eastern time, 12:30 central time, some two hours ago...

-- CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, November 22, 1963.

I know this thread could either be pulled or moved to the general board. But because more people are going to see this on this board, I thought I'd put it here.

For those who were around when this terrible day happened, I wanted to know what you were doing when you heard, what those four days were like and any other thoughts that comes to mind.

I wasn't born yet when this happened, but I remember my parents telling me they had just finished a conference in Washington, D.C., hear a rumor that Kennedy had been hit, thought it was a joke, flew into Kansas City to see a relative and were stuck there because all airport travel was gridlocked because of this.

I don't want to get into the conspiracy theory business, if we can help it.

Thanks

I was alive then, in third grade. A kid ran into the classroom and said, the President's just been shot. Teacher started crying, the kids all looked at each other. Living outside of Washington DC, school was closed the next day and until the funeral was held and lines were huge to file past the coffin in the Rotunda. I didn't go to the "viewing" or the funeral, it was too cold and my parents didn't want us to get sick. I did meet President Kennedy when I was about seven years old. Both my sister and I recall going to a neighborhood good-bye party for John Glenn and the President showed up. Part of the fun of living in this area.

Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

Whoa!

Contrary to popular belief, I was not hanging out on the grassy knoll that day with a box of magic bullets, it was a few days over a year before I was born.

Ben Milam Elementary (GP) - teachers llistening to transistor radios in the hall - GP beats Wichita Falls Coyotes in the Gopher Bowl that night (Nov. 22) to win district - loses at Amarillo Tascosa the following Saturday.

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

is right. What's the way to get a thread deleted? Mention women's golf or something?

ponyte, did it ever occur to you why any Mississippians might have been cheering Kennedy's assassination? First, it wasn't because of his foreign policy; and second, I bet they were mightily disappointed in LBJ as president.

Dukie wrote:

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

is right. What's the way to get a thread deleted? Mention women's golf or someth

ponyte, did it ever occur to you why any Mississippians might have been cheering Kennedy's assassination? First, it wasn't because of his foreign policy; and second, I bet they were mightily disappointed in LBJ as president.

C'mon folks. Let's keep this civil or this thread is going to get canned.
Leave the politics out of it and personal feelings toward Kennedy out of it.

I just want to know for those were alive at the time, what they were doing. It's a day that stays with us just like when the Challenger exploded.

Dukie wrote:

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

is right. What's the way to get a thread deleted? Mention women's golf or something?

Bush Library.

something is wrong here........................

Dukie wrote:

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

is right. What's the way to get a thread deleted? Mention women's golf or something?

ponyte, did it ever occur to you why any Mississippians might have been cheering Kennedy's assassination? First, it wasn't because of his foreign policy; and second, I bet they were mightily disappointed in LBJ as president.

First, I don't approve or condemn any action others expressed at Kennedy's death. Apparently there were those that loved him and those that did not care for him. I was too young to have any personal opinion of Kennedy. I do know that his presidency produced very little. The Great Society (welfare), Civil Rights (1964), Medicare (1965) and Vietnam expansion all happened under LBJ. Kennedy has little of a legacy other than the PR spin produced after his death. Kennedy was not popular in the South (he won thanks to a solid Democrat south at that time and because LBJ put political pressure on Southern Dem politicians to support Kennedy). Kennedy faced a real danger of not being reelected. And a large contributor to that was because of his unpopularity in the south. He was in Texas (Dallas was not his only stop in Texas that Nov) to boast support for his reelection effort. Kennedy had been in San Antonio the day before he was in Dallas. Kennedy was trying to generate goodwill with the Texas politicians and ‘show his face’ to the Texas citizens. It is a shame that he was killed.

ponyplayer wrote:something is wrong here........................

I remember the audio.

"Something has happened in the motorcade. Something has happened in the motorcad.''

Three years ago, WBAP rebroadcast all its archived material from when JFK was in FW to when the body was being flown back to Washington. It was really interesting. Couldn't stop listening to it.

ponyte wrote:

Dukie wrote:

ponyte wrote:Kennedy wasn't the anointed saint that the world now proclaims. In Mississippi, the announcement of Kennedy’s death brought cheers and standing ovations from the students. When I was Fr at SMU, for a fraternity activity, we had to reenact the Kennedy assassination, pictures and all. We choose to do this at 5 PM on a Friday during rush hour. Of course we have a lane in front of the book depository blocked and here come the Dallas police. Sunglasses and a frown on their face. They ask "What are you boys doing?" We stated that we were reenacting the Kennedy assassination. A frown slowly turned into a grin. The cop slowly turned from us saying, "You boys don't take too long."

is right. What's the way to get a thread deleted? Mention women's golf or something?

ponyte, did it ever occur to you why any Mississippians might have been cheering Kennedy's assassination? First, it wasn't because of his foreign policy; and second, I bet they were mightily disappointed in LBJ as president.

First, I don't approve or condemn any action others expressed at Kennedy's death. Apparently there were those that loved him and those that did not care for him. I was too young to have any personal opinion of Kennedy. I do know that his presidency produced very little. The Great Society (welfare), Civil Rights (1964), Medicare (1965) and Vietnam expansion all happened under LBJ. Kennedy has little of a legacy other than the PR spin produced after his death. Kennedy was not popular in the South (he won thanks to a solid Democrat south at that time and because LBJ put political pressure on Southern Dem politicians to support Kennedy). Kennedy faced a real danger of not being reelected. And a large contributor to that was because of his unpopularity in the south. He was in Texas (Dallas was not his only stop in Texas that Nov) to boast support for his reelection effort. Kennedy had been in San Antonio the day before he was in Dallas. Kennedy was trying to generate goodwill with the Texas politicians and ‘show his face’ to the Texas citizens. It is a shame that he was killed.

I'm not interested in debating Kennedy's presidency versus LBJ's or anyone else's, at least not on this board. I accept and appreciate your moving away from appearing to celebrate the assassination of a president.

Back to football; beat Rice!

P.S. I hear the Bush Library may go to UD.

Dukie wrote: I accept and appreciate your moving away from appearing to celebrate the assassination of a president.

That's a little condescending. You don't have to move away or back off of something that somebody else misreads. But I digress, back to the beat Rice talk.

Beat Rice, Beat UD, Beat Baylor