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Friday, November 22, 2013
JFK: Never Forget
Posted By John Saltas on November 22, 2013, 11:30 AM
I was walking down the hall in grade school; 4th grade, lunch period. Marty Muhar, who went home for lunch, came in and casually said, “They shot Kennedy.” ---
Nobody knew what he meant.
All of the school was gathered in the little auditorium, maybe 70 of us or fewer.
The black & white TV stared back at us.
Teachers were sobbing and we sat there scared.
Then, Walter Cronkite came on, looked up; he, too, wiping tears. He pulled his glasses down and told us all President Kennedy had just died.
We were sent home.
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