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hlthe2b

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2. His assassination is one of my earliest memories--sitting with my very upset Mom watching

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 06:20 AM

Monday

TV coverage throughout (I'm guessing she thought I was too young to understand, but somehow I did). Even the live coverage of Oswald being killed as well. I'm guessing my Dad was not the big JFK fan that my Mom was, although he was shaken as well later on when he came home from work.

It was a solid memory that I should have been too young to absorb--but I did. sigh...

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