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None of us has forgotten. I was a senior in high school. On our way to
lunch that day we heard the rumors but none of us believed them. By
mid-afternoon, I was in World Affairs class and our principal's voice came
over the intercom to tell us that the unthinkable had happened. We cried.
This was St. Joseph's Academy, a Roman Catholic girl's school, and we had
seen the first Catholic president assassinated on a street in Dallas. We
went home and turned on the television and watched that shot over and over
and over.
Even now, 30+ years later, when I watch that motorcade, my eyes are moist.
It wasn't the last assassination I saw. It was the first.
Susan O. Hayes, Library Media Specialist
Westwood Elementary School
2920 NW 9th St.
Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Voice: 515-965-9690
FAX: 515-965-9607
E-mail: wstwood@po-1.star.K12.ia.us
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