Brian O'Neill wrote:
I was in 8th grade at the time, and remember
the school loudspeakers announcing the event and
the commotion and confusion.

I have a lot more images of what happened,
these are the only ones aviation related.

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I was in 9th grade, in a Catholic high school run by the Christian brothers
in Alexandria, LA, when we got the news. I remember like yesterday the
first announcement that came in over the ancient wooden classroom PA
speaker, that the President was shot. To say that we were stunned was an
understatement. It was unbelievable. If I remember correctly, thr brother
teaching our class said we should pray in silence for the President. I know
even the agnostics among us did. Kennedy was the very first Catholic
President, and we all felt a special bond with him because of this.

It didn't seem long after the first announcement that the terrible, terrible
news that Kennedy was shot dead came over the PA. They closed the school,
and since it was too early for the busses, I decided to walk on my own the
five miles back to England AFB, where I lived with my family in Base
Housing.

Truly, the world of post-WWII American optimism and confidence came to a
shattering end with that news. I can't remember a blacker national
Thanksgiving than the four days that followed. The only thing like it in my
lifetime was 9/11.

Brian O'Neill
Brian,
You went to Menard? Cool. Those were the days when it was boys only. The
girls went to Prompt Succor. By the time I went there it was Co-Ed.

When JFK was shot, I was in Monroe, in a 5th grade classroom of a
Catholic Elementery school. West Wing, Room 3, Row 1, Seat 3. Not that
it made a big impression on me or anything.

KENG