I was a sophmore in high school. I was in Phys, Ed class and it was almost time for the bell to ring signal the end of the period. We were changing clothes when our principal announced it over the PA system. I don't remember much after that, just a numb feeling. A few girls cheered but most of us were very somber. I remember going to my locker and I remember talk about the "communists" taking over America. I also remember the funeral, sitting in the living room with my family crying and trying to understand. My world changed that day.

I also remember the election, we studied it in Jr High. I remember how fearful people were of electing a Catholic President, they thought the pope would run this country. I was Catholic so I wanted Kennedy to win. I don't remember sleeping much the night of the election.

On the 40th anniversay I was went on a bicycle ride with the local cycle club. We parked in my high school parking lot. It was such an eerie feeling to be in the same location I had been 40 yrs before and to remember what had taken place that day.