November 22nd
Probably less than 20% of my Facebook friends can relate to this – but I can recall exactly where I was on Friday, November 22nd 1963 @ 2 o’clock in the afternoon. I was sitting in my seat in the 3rd row of my 6th period English class in high school. Mr. Lattimore was my English teacher. And if you are in your 50s or older – I have no doubt you also know where you were at that exact, same moment. I was a high school freshman back then. I can also recall exactly how the news unfolded – in little pieces of information announced over my school’s public address system by our school principal, Mr. Beale. First our principal announced that President Kennedy had been shot. An image came immediately to my mind of a photo I once viewed of the President McKinley assassination. But nothing more was stated by our principal. Minutes later he came back on the public address system and announced that President Kennedy was dead. That was an even greater shock. ...