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Hi: I'm currently getting my masters in Library and Information Science
at the University of Maryland. I was in 7th grade when Kennedy was killed.
I remember the Asst. Principal coming into my room and talking quietly to
the teacher. Nothing was said to the students. An announcement came over
the loud speaker that school was closing early - again no explanation.
I think, looking back, there was a genuine concern that people would
panic. With the cold war with Russia going on, people might have wondered
if the assassination was an isolated event, or part of a larger effort
to harm our government. Anyway, I remember sitting in the bus in the
school's driveway, waiting to go home. Somebody had a transistor radio
and we heard the news that way. I just remember riding home silently.
It was tough learning that way because there was no one there to reassure
us. We had been raised practicing monthly air raid drills the way you
practice fire drills. Kennedy's death was very sad and scary.
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