Assassination of John F. Kennedy
“We were a country, perhaps a world, united in sorrow”

I was working at home in the kitchen, the baby napping and the older children in school. Since I had neither the television nor radio on, it was a total surprise when the delivery man arrived at the back door sad said, "the President had been shot." My initial reaction was that it couldn't be true, but I also knew no one would say such a thing unless it were true. The telephone began to ring as others shared the news and we all remained glued to the television for the following dreadful days. I recall on Sunday the Minister at church preached a magnificent sermon on the tragedy and wondering how he managed to create it so quickly. We were a country, perhaps a world, united in sorrow.

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