What were you doing when.....

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I was 10 years old and in the 5th grade at St.Lawrence school in West Haven CT.
We had just gotten back from lunch and were in Mrs. McDermott's class.
The school janitor came to the door and said something to our teacher.
She immediately told us the President had ben shot and we should get on our knees and say a prayer (this was a Catholic school) for him, which we all did.
Soon after word came that JFK was dead.
All the nuns were crying, and we were sent home from school.
We then proceeded to stay glued to our TV for the next 4 days.
My aunt in Texas called that night (this was back in the days when long-distance calls were a big deal) and I think they were more upset over the fact LBJ was now the President.
In hindsight, I would say Aunt Marion was thinking correctly.
I also remember vividly watching Ruby shoot Oswald on live TV.
Still a mindblower when I think of it.

And as I have stated elsewhere, I firmly believed Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and there was NO conspiracy.