For Boomers: Do you remember what you were doing when JFK was shot?

Question

What do you remember about it all?

Answer 1

yes. I was in my third grade classroom when the principle came over the intercome and announced it. Our teacher, began to cry.
That night My parents had the television on as the coverage was continuous.
I remember them saying something about shots from the grassy knoll, and showing a lady in a poka-dot dress standing by the curb across from the grassy knoll.
As the days went by, we watched all that was on our black and white tv, about the events.

Answer 2

I was standing outside in the quad at the junior college I attended at the time, when the news came out and caused such a silence and mixed emotion of everyone on campus....

Central California

Answer 3

I remember that day clearly...I was in math class and then a teacher walks in and starts whispering to my math teacher. They then turned the radio on, and we sat there for the rest of the day, listening to what had happened. That was a gloomy week...

Answer 4

I was in the US Army, stationed at Fort Detrick, Maryland and on
World-wide alert for possible enemy action.

Answer 5

I was sitting at the kitchen table with my parents and I was eating cornflakes.

Answer 6

i was at hale jr. high...working in the school office for extra credit. sad day

Answer 7

yes i was in watching tv

Answer 8

wasn't born yet.