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[LauraBelle V. Hime]

I was a cheerleader in high school. We were in the middle of a pep rally when our advisor told us he had been shot, but we didn't know how serious it was. We finished the rally...the rest of the student body hadn't heard the news. Of course the game was cancelled that night...it was as if the world stood still. I remember many, prayer meetings at church, the extensive coverage and the feeling of very deep loss. Its such a hard feeling to describe...it truly was the end of something very special. You just felt devestated.

I've read many books on the subject and I tend to lean toward a conspiracy. I definately believe there was more than one shooter.

[disneyknut]

I was a little over a year old & my Mom had taken me for a walk to the corner store when my Dad came running out of the house screaming for her. SHe returned & they both sat there the rest of the afternoon watching TV in tears & disbelief.
LIttle did my parents know that my Dad would follow in death less than 7 months later. I think my Mom really idenitified with Jackie after that & as she too had 2 young children to raise ( but without the $$$ & nannys etc)
Funny, my daughter was born on Nov 22 (1997) & yesterday she kept asking if that 'guy' died on her birthday.. I tried to explain that No, she was born on the day he died..
as for a cover up.. I think a lot of facts AREN'T public that would shed light on the situation a lot better.. & there are more pieces to the puzzle that we may never know..
Wasn't there a rumor that Jackie was dead 10 years, a report was allowed to be released shedding new info??

[joyjoy]

I wasn't around yet, but the assasination occurred the day after my dad's bday. This past friday I called him to tell him HBD and I asked him where he was when JFK was shot. My dad is a huge Democrat and loved Kennedy. Anyway, at the time he was a young teacher teaching American History to 8th graders. He had gone to the teachers lounge between classes and heard the news. He said he was stunned and horrified, but had to get to class. I asked him if he told the kids and he said he couldn't even speak. But then the Principal came over the loudspeaker and announced it, and some of the brats in his class CLAPPED, like they were happy. A lot of the students in his class were children of Naval Officers (NAS nearby) that apparently did not care for JFK. My dad said he gave those kids a whatfor, telling them that regardless of how they felt politically about a man, he was still someone's father and someone's husband and someone's son, not to mention the leader of the free world, and they should show some respect for such a tragedy. They all shut up and felt quite bad when they saw how upset he was.

[BostonTeaParty]

I vaguely remember it. I remember all the comotion around our house and not really understanding it all. JFK was our home town boy. When I lived in Hyannis, every summer tourists would stop me and ask for directions to the Kennedy Compound. It is still quite a tourist attraction.

As for a conspiracy theory, who knows. Doesn't really matter at this point.

One thing I do find curious, is a scroll I got at WDW at the Hall of the Presidents:

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.