Memorial Exhibit

Wow that is awesome GB.You & your wife obvioulsy had a great time.
Dont think i can really say anymore,i know JFK was an American president.
Thats all,actually i dont have the right to say anymore GB..
Great pic by the way!

hi Grandpa Bob I havent seen any tours along that line but
would love to. President Kennedy was to me a great president'and I felt so badly when he was assinated. I cried and I was then
'a grown woman. I was having my hair cut and styled, and the
hairdresser kept stopping to watch the assination on the tv then cry and wipe her eyes, then cut some more. needless to say I had one of the oddest hair cuts and styling I have ever seen People asked me what I called my hairdo and I said its the assination hairdo. seems I am always getting something done to me when we have a national catastrophe like 9/11 I was at my podiatrist having my thick toenails cut. the doctor was watching the Tv at the s ame time and managed to nick the top of one of my toes. The sights on the TV were painful enough with out cutting my toe to boot. lol.

They were letting us out of school early to go see JFK when he came to Austin - after Dallas - obviously it didn't happen. I've never seen the memorial, but I've been to the LBJ library that includes a picture of LBJ's swearing in when his plane landed.

I bet that was an amazing exhibit to see. I have been past Dealy Plaza many many times and have been to a museum there before. When we went to the museum the lines were so long and we were all give out that we didn't wait to purchase tickets. We did see many things in the "lobby" part though. I was no into politics back then since I was young like you but I do remember the day it was announced over the speakers in school and this was in elementary school and it was amazing how we all were so quiet and stunned even at that age. I also remember being at a friends house when Ruby shot and killed Oswald. But the picture I will never get out of my head is the one of Jackie in her blood stained jacket holding the roses or the picture of her trying to grab the "parts" off of the trunk. I do think that was a very very sad day for us.

No cant say I have seen anything quite so special.I hope you and your wife had a great time.I can barely remember him as a president but I have learned along the way that he was a amazing president and wish he would have lived along enough to show that.You have a great evening.

I don't remember much about it except we got let out of school and everyone left work and the teacher cried and so did both my parents. We kids didn't feel much like playing with all the sadness around. We knew the president died but of course, we didn't know him and hadn't really heard much about him while he was in office and we couldn't understand why everyone was so unhappy about someone they didn't know. Even the stores closed that day, the whole town was in mourning.

Well I would have to say that I wasn't even thought of yet when he was president, but I've read about him in my history classes and on tv. I imagine he was a good president. I've never been on any tours like that either, I haven't done a whole lot, but I plan to someday. Have a good day

Hey Grandpa Bob, Brings back some very sad memories. I was just
a little girl when JFK was assinated. I remember exactly where
I was and what I was doing. I was in grade school and we were
watching a science program on our black and white tv like
we did sometimes and a new bulletin broke in with the sad
news about JFK being shot and we were all in shock and the
principal made an announcement for us to leave school and go
home. I got my little brother and took him home. Then I started
crying. I think I was 9 years old. I still remember the details
very clearly. I loved JFK even though I was so young. I knew
that people thought he was a great President and that he shouldn't
have been killed. Wow, after just seeing the car I can see that
awful footage playing over in my mind. One of the worst tragedy's
I've had to see in my lifetime and then there would be more...

Hi GRANDPA BOB,


Thanks for the picture of JFK and the limo, i don't blame you for shedding a little tears, i have still got the neswpaper when his younger brother Bobby was assinated. I hope you had a nice time anyway.


Tamara

I was too young to actually remember him as a president. I have read about him lots. His death was tragic for his family and for our country. Can you imagine where we would be if he wasn't killed or his brother. Its important that we not forget. It does sound like an interesting day. Last year I was out in Cal. we visited the Reagans Library. The place is loaded with his things and ome of Nancy's too. I got to go on his Air Force One and tour it. You couldn't take pictures inside. I do have a picture of us waving (like the president does before boarding the plane) just before we got on board. We happened to be there on Sept 11, they had a special freedom walk that day. I am going to have to put some of my pics on my computer so I can share some.