luv my dayton
132 posts
Sep 11, 2012
9:30 AM
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WAS SITTING IN MY SMALL LIVING ROOM, IN MY SMALL LITTLE APT TALKING ON PHONE WITH A FRIEND. TV WAS ON AND THE NEWS REPORTED IT. LEFT US SPEECHLESS.
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theWiz
9 posts
Sep 12, 2012
7:16 AM
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I was a sophomore at Fairmont East HS. the whole school was in the gym listening to an orchestra from a college in Kentucky when our principal Chuck Nolan went to the microphone and made the announcement. We were dismissed and I remember alot of girls were crying. It was a real shock to say the least!!
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johnbarnone
5 posts
Sep 16, 2012
2:20 AM
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I was in the band roomon the 5th floor playing a song when a runner from the office came into the room and up to our Band Director,Mr.Ryan,and handed him a note.I remember vividly his looking down at the note,then his face turning bright red.With tears in his eyes,he read the note that President Kennedy had been shot and had not recovered from his fatal wounds.We all went home,and also it was quiet,except for an occasionalmuffled sob.I will never forget the despair I felt.
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marilee59
6 posts
Oct 09, 2012
4:41 PM
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I was only 4 yrs of age at the time and watching "As The World Turns" with my mom when the announcement came on the tv. I also remember his funeral being televised and how sad everyone was. I was so young but can remember that clearly.
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tuckerone
1 post
Oct 13, 2012
5:11 AM
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I was in Mrs. Aleshire's 3rd grade class at U.S. Grant school in Dayton
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Happy to Be
21 posts
Oct 14, 2012
2:03 PM
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I was in kindergarten and remember my dad picking me up from school that day.
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Billd1952
15 posts
Jan 04, 2013
6:39 PM
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I was at Lincoln School, in Ms Slaghts 6th grade class when Mr. Miller burst through the the door announcing the President had been shot. Then they piped the audio through the public address system.
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rdebross
16 posts
Jan 09, 2013
2:04 PM
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I was working my job as section 2 student at my Patterson Co-op job at M.D. Larkin Co., an industrial supply company just east of downtown. I was returning from lunch when a basement warehouse worker named Willie came through the store yelling that someone had shot Kennedy. I wasn't overly alarmed because I thought Willie might have been drinking or somehow heard a rumor. Also, I watched so many westerns on TV as a kid that I thought people who were shot mostly just got "winged." The news kept getting more somber as time passed and the women in the business office were all in tears. The rest of the afternoon was really quiet and the store closed at the regular 5 p.m. point. I walked west down East Third St. to catch the #3 Hearthstone trolley on Wayne Ave. The bus was full, but not a sound was heard. A weekend like no other followed.
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newsnot
327 posts
Jan 09, 2013
4:53 PM
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I was working with John Bates tagging meat for Eavy's Super Value Stores.He was their head meat buyer. Wonder what happened to him?
Last Edited by on Jan 09, 2013 4:54 PM
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tuckerone
33 posts
Jan 10, 2013
11:53 AM
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I was in third grade ay U.S. Grant School in Mrs. Aleshire's class. The principal Mr. Begley came over the public address and made the announcement, then they put the microphone next to a radio..I remember watching Mrs. Aleshire cry, she was a sweet loving teacher who was Irish Catholic. We were sent home shortly after.......
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GYPSO
4 posts
Jan 14, 2013
11:37 AM
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SLEEPING ABOVE THE HOUSE OF MAGIC on Brown St.. a friend Tripp Judd woke me by saying I bet you guess what happened .MY reply , someone killed Kennedy we were both shocked.when he said I was right..!!
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lester30
1 post
Jan 19, 2013
11:35 AM
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I was working at the McCall Printing Co. on McCall St.in Dayton,Oh.worked in the addressograph dept.ran the labels for mailing dept.for mailing magazines.The announcment of Pres.Kennedys death came over the P A system,informing employees,and they could be dismissed from work,i recall how quite it was driving across Western ave and and the entire city of Dayton,i lived on Yale ave.
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Dia
14 posts
Feb 10, 2013
10:45 AM
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10th grade English class at Beavercreek High School. The announcement was made over the intercom. Beyond that, I don't remember if we were dismissed early or not. I watched tv non-stop throughout the happenings of the next few days.
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olds88
60 posts
Feb 10, 2013
6:06 PM
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remember the statue in front of student union of JFK that was never finished? This was at UD and i believe it is still there.They quit work on it at the exact time the shooting was reported.
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Lionpainter2013
4 posts
Feb 11, 2013
8:01 PM
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In my dorm room Oxley Hall, OSU- stunned.
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jack1971
10 posts
Jun 03, 2013
6:40 AM
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I was behind the grassy knoll!!!!
Seriously, I was in Mrs. Martin's 5th grade class at Kitty Hawk Elementary Park School in Huber Heights.
Last Edited by jack1971 on Jun 05, 2013 6:19 PM
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brbjck
4 posts
Jun 03, 2013
8:24 AM
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i was 17 years old and
sitting in the bus station in downtown Dayton,waiting for the moraine bus to take me to my dads....everyone was crying! seems the world froze for a time that day.
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Lionpainter2013
9 posts
Oct 03, 2013
8:31 PM
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I was in my dorm at Ohio State. A girl came up to our tower to tell us. It was cold and windy and the campus was nearly empty with only a few students...running here and there. I was sad and felt very alone. It was surreal, much like a bad dream. Everything was cancelled and I remember driving back to Dayton with some friends in total silence, feeling much like I felt the morning that I watched the planes fly into the World Trade Towers. Things that forever changed our world in America.
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Arjay
1 post
Oct 21, 2013
8:17 PM
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I, too, was in study hall at Patterson Co-op when it was announced that the President was shot. Caught the bus to North Dayton and turned on the TV as soon as I got in the house. Watched the reporting for hours on end. I saw Ruby shoot Oswald on live TV. I still think there was a conspiracy involved. Too many loose ends that weren't tied up.
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donm
2 posts
Oct 31, 2013
7:32 AM
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I was in 8th grade in Catholic School. We were all very proud of the first Catholic President and took it pretty hard. The nuns took us to the church where we said prayers that he would recover. When they announced that he had died, we said some more prayers and were sent home. They knew we wouldn't be paying attention to anything else that day. The next several days are just snippets of events. It was one of those things you never expect to happen, and I hope no one ever has to experience again.
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mpup
14 posts
Nov 13, 2013
7:06 PM
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Mr. Wilson's 7th grade Biology class at Miamisburg Junior High School.
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Riverdale Ghost
406 posts
Nov 22, 2013
5:23 PM
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Ah, yes, the untimely death of President Kennedy....
I do not know where I was nor do I know what I was doing.
Where was I when Abraham Lincoln was shot? That one I know -- a fur piece down the road of life.
William McKinley? That one I know, too -- same as with Lincoln.
Garfield? (James A.) Even that one I know -- same as Lincoln and McKinley.
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 Honest Communications Is The Foundation of Civilizations.
Last Edited by Riverdale Ghost on Nov 23, 2013 4:42 AM
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Rebecca Hawes
2 posts
Mar 31, 2014
2:16 PM
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I was almost 2 years old. We were in California when it happened.
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Billd1952
260 posts
Nov 22, 2014
3:33 PM
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51 years has past, and still I remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was eleven years old. November 22, 1963 was also the day that I attended the viewing
of a 13 tear old friend of my sisters. I remember newspaper boys selling Extras on the assasination at East Third and Linden Ave.
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rr52c
45 posts
Nov 22, 2014
6:37 PM
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I was stationed at K.I. Sawyer AFB in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We had to have a parade on the day of his burial.
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David C
12 posts
Feb 16, 2015
9:32 AM
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We called it the monkey house. It was the round building that served as classrooms for fifth graders on the Tecumseh High School campus. I learned that my father in law went to grade school in the same building, so it has been there for awhile...I wonder if it is still there.
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