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50 Years Ago Today Remembering JFK
Nov. 22nd, 2013 08:35 am50 years ago today in Dallas Texas a President was assassinated.
According to my parents, we were in the pediatrician’s office for my wellness check since I was almost 3 months old. They heard it on the radio.
I grew up knowing about John F. Kennedy from my parents and my teachers. I remember that in American History Mr. Morgan saying that our class was the last class that he would teach that was alive when it happened. He said that he had gone from talking to the students about where they were and what they felt to teaching about that day.
I associate President Kennedy with NASA and putting a man on the moon, which I do remember seeing. I grew up during the space race and I took great pride in the fact that we got to the moon.
I knew that he served in the military. I knew he was Catholic which is what my family was. I knew he was from Boston where we were living when we watched a man walk on the moon. I knew he created the Peace Corp. I knew that he called himself a jellied donut in Berlin. I knew that he had a son and a daughter. I loved the pictures of the children in the White House that I saw.
Later I learned about the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile crisis and the other things that he did and didn’t do during his administration. I learned about Camelot Era and how the Kennedys used the social media of the time to their advantage.
One wonders what kind of President he would have made if he had not been killed. Would NASA have been created? Would a scandal have brought him down?
But that is mere speculation. He is who he was and he inspired a country to be the best it could be (ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country). I think we need to remember JFK and his legacy and strive to be the best country we can be.
I am grateful that JFK was President.
According to my parents, we were in the pediatrician’s office for my wellness check since I was almost 3 months old. They heard it on the radio.
I grew up knowing about John F. Kennedy from my parents and my teachers. I remember that in American History Mr. Morgan saying that our class was the last class that he would teach that was alive when it happened. He said that he had gone from talking to the students about where they were and what they felt to teaching about that day.
I associate President Kennedy with NASA and putting a man on the moon, which I do remember seeing. I grew up during the space race and I took great pride in the fact that we got to the moon.
I knew that he served in the military. I knew he was Catholic which is what my family was. I knew he was from Boston where we were living when we watched a man walk on the moon. I knew he created the Peace Corp. I knew that he called himself a jellied donut in Berlin. I knew that he had a son and a daughter. I loved the pictures of the children in the White House that I saw.
Later I learned about the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile crisis and the other things that he did and didn’t do during his administration. I learned about Camelot Era and how the Kennedys used the social media of the time to their advantage.
One wonders what kind of President he would have made if he had not been killed. Would NASA have been created? Would a scandal have brought him down?
But that is mere speculation. He is who he was and he inspired a country to be the best it could be (ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country). I think we need to remember JFK and his legacy and strive to be the best country we can be.
I am grateful that JFK was President.
