Reply #9: In First grade [View All]

[Bluzmann57]

and Mr. Hendricks, the principal came into our classroom and he and the teacher(I can't remember her name) both informed us that President Kennedy had been shot. We, being little kids didn't really understand the impact, but when we were walking(yes, walking) home, some bigger kids tried to explain it to us and when I got home, my mom was sitting dumbfounded in front of the TV. That was weird, because she rarely watched TV. My sister was crying her eyes out in her playpen, most likely because she was hungry, or maybe she sensed that something wasn't right. Anyway, my dad worked second shift at that time and I remember he didn't go to work that night. They tried to explain to a naive 6 year old kid what was going on and why things were screwy. Some things one never ever forget. That is one of them.