Good to hear someone who was that young has a memory. I do as well. Was 3 mos shy of 3 but I recall the funeral. It was of course boring to me and my 5-year old brother but our parents insisted we keep watching because it was ‘historic.’ My brother has validated that memory.
More vividly I remember my mom bringing out the Life and Look ma…
Good to hear someone who was that young has a memory. I do as well. Was 3 mos shy of 3 but I recall the funeral. It was of course boring to me and my 5-year old brother but our parents insisted we keep watching because it was ‘historic.’ My brother has validated that memory.
More vividly I remember my mom bringing out the Life and Look magazines out from the cedar chest every Thanksgiving about the assassination and passing them around to all us six kids. Later she added the assassination coverage of RFK. I was a reader and even then was fascinated and read every word each time.
Later my mom made our bedroom over in red white and blue with quotes from JFK and RFK hanging from the walls.
Looking back, you could tell those two deaths hit our Irish-American family hard. My dad was first gen and mom was second gen from poor backgrounds.
Good to hear someone who was that young has a memory. I do as well. Was 3 mos shy of 3 but I recall the funeral. It was of course boring to me and my 5-year old brother but our parents insisted we keep watching because it was ‘historic.’ My brother has validated that memory.
More vividly I remember my mom bringing out the Life and Look magazines out from the cedar chest every Thanksgiving about the assassination and passing them around to all us six kids. Later she added the assassination coverage of RFK. I was a reader and even then was fascinated and read every word each time.
Later my mom made our bedroom over in red white and blue with quotes from JFK and RFK hanging from the walls.
Looking back, you could tell those two deaths hit our Irish-American family hard. My dad was first gen and mom was second gen from poor backgrounds.