John F. Kennedy would have been 94 today. Remember.

I was 12 when he left us. I remember every moment of that weekend like it was yesterday.

Bobby, too.

He wasn't perfect, and he made mistakes. But JFK's capacity for growth was unrivaled by any president since, including many we appreciate here on DU.

Worth noting, I think. 94 - And he will always be in his 40s. Always.

I miss him still.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWX_pjyIq-g

I wasn't quite old enough to vote for him...

I wanted to, so much

Rest in peace, Mr. President.


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After the staid Eisenhower years Kennedy energized a generation. The Peace Corps, emphasis on science education to catch up with what Sputnik had done and eventually the Manned Space Program. Heady times.

so sad all the brothers are gone now. :cry:

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I appreciate your post.

I'm guessing you remember every moment of that weekend as well (remarkable for someone only 29 again!).

It was a blur. But my earliest political memories are of the 1960 election - staying up almost all night for the results, listening to my family debate (vociferously) about whether a Catholic should be elected president. Then John Glenn, and the Cuban missile crisis - I sat transfixed before the TV wondering if this was nuclear war, and if all the "duck and cover" drills in elementary school would finally pay off.

A confession: I bought and am watching "The Kennedys." Actually, it's pretty good stuff, with great performances.

And no museum has ever affected me like the John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum in Boston. Hope you've been there.

I had a newspaper portrait of him on the wall next to my bed.

I remember that weekend too. So long ago, yet in some ways just yesterday.

When I hear his voice, I get the chills.

I can remember many details of that day and that weekend, and yet am oddly blank as to others (such as my parents reaction, for one). In many ways, I think his murder was the start of something very very dark and evil in America, but out of respect to the purpose of your thread, I will refrain from saying anything further about that. I agree wholeheartedly about the capacity for growth, as you put it so well, and feel the same about Bobby.

We desperately needed them then.

We have lived in the best of times and the worst of times, my friend.

I bet you remember this. We all do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Vvup0fock

Being the budding young rebel that I was, I felt like The Beatles and Beatlemania were being shoved down my throat and saw nothing special about them at first. Took awhile to realize and then admit I was wrong and the rest of the world was right. I loved the grittier British Invasion bands more at the time; Stones, Kinks, and especially the Animals (and still love all 3). Also was a big Beachboys/surf music freak (and again, still am). Motown too.......And yeah, amazing times (best and worst) to have grown up in, weren't they.

My hero. I was 18 and a freshman in University when he was shot. The end of Camelot. Rude awakening to "real" life.

much better back then about the future. I now face the future wondering WTF next.

I watched him in Joplin. Vulnerable.

Those of us who recall JFK, MLK and Bobby can never forget.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ki_osW5RsA

Martin and Bobby just five years later.

I have to admit that before the Convention I thought Adlai Stevenson was the best choice. But I worked hard to elect Kennedy even though I couldn't vote. He became an inspiration for so many to become involved in politics and policy.

In 1964 the name on the ballot was Johnson but in my heart I was casting my first vote for Kennedy.