On the 50th. anniversary of his death, I hear people speak about JFK's assassination being one of those occasions when they remember where they were when they heard the news. In so far as I'm concerned, however, it has been the only occasion when that has happened to me. I suppose the only event which came anywhere close to it, was John Lennon's death - and, even then, I can only remember where I was at that time in my life - but I remember absolutely every detail of the moment I heard the news of what had happened in Dallas.
I can only suppose that the enormity of the occasion must have had an effect on me; and, in much the same way that the abdication of King Edward V111 or the declaration of WW2 might have affected an earlier generation, it was the first really staggering news I had heard in my life at that time.
I hope I don't live to experience anything of that magnitude again.
I can only suppose that the enormity of the occasion must have had an effect on me; and, in much the same way that the abdication of King Edward V111 or the declaration of WW2 might have affected an earlier generation, it was the first really staggering news I had heard in my life at that time.
I hope I don't live to experience anything of that magnitude again.
