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by skeathley
Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:38 am
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Topic: 22 November, 1963
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Re: 22 November, 1963

I was a senior in HS, at lunch in the cafeteria. The principal came on the loud speaker and announced it. It hit us especially hard, as we were in Fort Worth, and JFK had just spoken at a luncheon downtown, then driven to Dallas.

A visit by the President was a big deal back then, and everyone was very aware that he was in town. At that time, there was enormous animosity between Fort Worth (Democrat) and Dallas (Republican), and this crime opened raw wounds that took decades to heal.

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