I was a junior in high school on November 22, 1963. I was on stage, dressed in a ballgown being photographed for the yearbook with a fellow student/actor. We were preparing to present the play Anastasia that weekend. The photo in the yearbook captured forever my expression when the camera shutter clicked as the front office turned on the intercom without warning and the school heard the sound of a reporter screaming "the president's been shot, the president's been shot" It was a rough couple of days and even though Broadway shut down our drama teacher decided to go ahead with the play (about assassination no less). Here's the kicker though. We played to standing room only audiences for three performances. The 24/7 news was so relentlessly sad that people needed a break and everything else was shut down. Imagine a serious drama about a Russian family being assassinated and the audience found things to laugh at. People can only take so much grief I guess.
I believe much of what the nation felt was shock more than grief. I clearly remember those days (was in uni then) and what most who talk about the assassination of j.f.k. either do not know/remember or would rather we forget is that he had split this nation right down the middle. I was hearing things said about him I'd never heard said about a sitting POTUS. His reelection was far from being a sure thing. His administration attacked our culture whole hog and at least 1/2 of the nation did not like it one bit.
JFK's views of America and its place in the world, the policies to implement, and the expansion that was needed was from a position of wealth and internal family matters. He was remaking America. He dumped tax dollars all over the world to buy peace, ergo USAID.
I, too, certainly remember vividly sitting in class when the speakers turned on and we were told the news.
There is something very sad about America in that our highest office candidates are selected for us and the con job starts D or R. Trump was the only outlier.
A few years later I don't recall being shocked about finding out he was a womanizer and I never believed that Marilyn Monroe overdosed herself. So, yes, we have been screwed for many decades.
The media pretended that FDR was not in a wheel chair, did not have a long time mistress. They pretended that JFK was not on drugs (for medical reasons) and was faithful to his wife, who later it is said married Onassis for protection.
Okay here's a link to the photo that ended up in my high school '64 yearbook. The shutter clicked as a hysterical voice on the intercom announced JFK's assassination. November 22, 1963
Yes it does, though we thought we were pretty dang smart. Looking at this pic brought in a flood of memories. I wondered about the kids I went to school with and what happened to them. Then I realized it is highly possible the majority of them are now gone. I do know some never made it to adulthood because they died for nothing in Vietnam. Sad and mad all at the same time.
Yes. My mother could vividly remember where and what she was doing when she heard on the radio when Pearl Harbor was bombed. I definitely recall exactly what I was doing when I heard the WTC had been struck. Trauma seems to carve deep neuron paths in the brain.
I have a legacy email that I've had for over 30 years and I still use it for a few things but I access it through Fire fox browser so I don't have to sign in and sign out. But Yahoo is the most recent owner of the server so when I go in once a day to dump all the spam emails, I get to do what I refer to as 'opposition research'. Today, imagine this, not a single headline about Trump's attempted assassination on the Yahoo home page. I am so shocked. Right. But it got me to thinking that one of the biggest problems is, in fact, not just twisted facts info but no info at all being fed to those who aren't free thinking enough to do their own research. Which is how history gets distorted.
If history was not distorted we might could learn from it but, sadly, we usually only get a revised version and therefore we do the same stupid stuff over and over.
"The day of that coup was November 22, 1963."
If you were alive on that day, even as a child,
It was the start of mind bending tragic news days,
with "UNFORGETABLE" horrors making new History!
JFK/RFK/MLK Etc.......America stood still at such turning points.
These recent Trump attempts reignites those faded but not forgot dark memories.
Release the Gawd Dang hidden from the public CIA files now!
I was a junior in high school on November 22, 1963. I was on stage, dressed in a ballgown being photographed for the yearbook with a fellow student/actor. We were preparing to present the play Anastasia that weekend. The photo in the yearbook captured forever my expression when the camera shutter clicked as the front office turned on the intercom without warning and the school heard the sound of a reporter screaming "the president's been shot, the president's been shot" It was a rough couple of days and even though Broadway shut down our drama teacher decided to go ahead with the play (about assassination no less). Here's the kicker though. We played to standing room only audiences for three performances. The 24/7 news was so relentlessly sad that people needed a break and everything else was shut down. Imagine a serious drama about a Russian family being assassinated and the audience found things to laugh at. People can only take so much grief I guess.
I believe much of what the nation felt was shock more than grief. I clearly remember those days (was in uni then) and what most who talk about the assassination of j.f.k. either do not know/remember or would rather we forget is that he had split this nation right down the middle. I was hearing things said about him I'd never heard said about a sitting POTUS. His reelection was far from being a sure thing. His administration attacked our culture whole hog and at least 1/2 of the nation did not like it one bit.
JFK's views of America and its place in the world, the policies to implement, and the expansion that was needed was from a position of wealth and internal family matters. He was remaking America. He dumped tax dollars all over the world to buy peace, ergo USAID.
I, too, certainly remember vividly sitting in class when the speakers turned on and we were told the news.
There is something very sad about America in that our highest office candidates are selected for us and the con job starts D or R. Trump was the only outlier.
Is?
Yes, still is.
A few years later I don't recall being shocked about finding out he was a womanizer and I never believed that Marilyn Monroe overdosed herself. So, yes, we have been screwed for many decades.
The media pretended that FDR was not in a wheel chair, did not have a long time mistress. They pretended that JFK was not on drugs (for medical reasons) and was faithful to his wife, who later it is said married Onassis for protection.
I once read that Jackie married Onassis because he was the only person rich enough to provide her with the privacy she sought.
Then that was the protection she was seeking.
The Kennedy Clan has dark history that's for sure.
I dug around in my bookcase and found the pic - wanna see? LOL
Okay here's a link to the photo that ended up in my high school '64 yearbook. The shutter clicked as a hysterical voice on the intercom announced JFK's assassination. November 22, 1963
https://bagsallpacked.com/images/anastasia.jpeg
The other student/actor playing Prince Boudine was Mike Biere
The photo echoes the innocence of the times.
Yes it does, though we thought we were pretty dang smart. Looking at this pic brought in a flood of memories. I wondered about the kids I went to school with and what happened to them. Then I realized it is highly possible the majority of them are now gone. I do know some never made it to adulthood because they died for nothing in Vietnam. Sad and mad all at the same time.
A war he sent the first draftees and escalated.
You do look totally in shock like Mike is not even there.
You were a pretty little thing.
Ha! It's been a long time since I looked at that pic. I can see my youngest grandson in my face. He is now older than I was then. :-)
I bet he is knockout good looking!
He's a keeper for sure! :-)
And look how vivid that day remains. Some folks hardly recall what they had for lunch yesterday
9/11 has the exact mind trauma that JFK in Dallas had. Iron cladЁЯФР
Yes. My mother could vividly remember where and what she was doing when she heard on the radio when Pearl Harbor was bombed. I definitely recall exactly what I was doing when I heard the WTC had been struck. Trauma seems to carve deep neuron paths in the brain.
And as darn well it should leave a mark on each of us and the larger mark in history ЁЯзР
I have a legacy email that I've had for over 30 years and I still use it for a few things but I access it through Fire fox browser so I don't have to sign in and sign out. But Yahoo is the most recent owner of the server so when I go in once a day to dump all the spam emails, I get to do what I refer to as 'opposition research'. Today, imagine this, not a single headline about Trump's attempted assassination on the Yahoo home page. I am so shocked. Right. But it got me to thinking that one of the biggest problems is, in fact, not just twisted facts info but no info at all being fed to those who aren't free thinking enough to do their own research. Which is how history gets distorted.
Be that as it may...congrats on an AWARENESS level that is of the utmost.
Forewarned is finest of some prepare tools. There are so many.
If history was not distorted we might could learn from it but, sadly, we usually only get a revised version and therefore we do the same stupid stuff over and over.
All things considered I totally agree with that .Often what is stated is exactly the opposite. ЁЯдп