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Walleye

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2. I was 14, it was a very big part of my growing up

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 08:18 AM

Nov 2022

I can see it now it was saturation coverage like we don’t understand these days. Three networks that’s all there was. I think it was the first time I felt the weight of collective grief and fear. Nothing was really the same after that in American politics. And then all the shit hit the fan.

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On this day, Monday, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 OP

I was glued to the televion and crying. Such a sad,sad day. katmondoo Nov 2022 #1

I was 14, it was a very big part of my growing up Walleye Nov 2022 #2

I was fifteen. murielm99 Nov 2022 #3

We knew we were in for a rough ride, and we were right Walleye Nov 2022 #4

Ex-Presidents Truman and Eisenhower after JFK funeral today 1963 ... mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #5