fenwaydav's Blog

November 22, 1963, I just turned 10.  Mrs. Beck my 4th grade teacher walked into the room with tears in her eyes telling us we'd be going home the President was shot.  For 3 days I  listened and watched with my family Walter Cronkite taking us from that moment in Dallas till JFK was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.  Our Country was in mourning.  In that same span right before our very eyes Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald.  I think that was  a tragedy in a sense that we would never really no the truth.   We might have still never known the real truth but now it was for certain.  Who could forget the blood stained dress of Mrs. Kennedy as Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as our President aboard Air Force One.   A young widow and 2 children without a father.  Last year when I wrote a similar piece on this subject, people felt compelled to tell how he got what he deserved.  All political beliefs aside,  no one deserves to have their brains blown into their wife's lap.   If it were to happen to any other President whether I liked them or not it would be no less of a tragedy.  On this day I will remember John Jr. also, and how he played in the Oval Office who's life was also  tragically cut short.  Like it or not, the Kennedy's have left their mark and have also done alot of good for the USA.