JFK was agreat man, as was MLK. If we want to see their dreams realised we must keep slogging forward

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Anna, thanks for your remembrnce again I remember seeing it before with your being at Pe and Catholic.
They're having a remembrance tree here in Bradford. I had ignored it in the past but with you remembering Bob I will post one for Ted.

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i can't remember if my comment posted -- care was having a problem there for awhile and i couldn't post.

anyway, i was in high school -- at pe class, when jfk was killed. such a sad day it was.

i was still catholic at the time, so for many catholics it was especially hard -- our first catholic president -- and he gets assassinated.

robert kennedy was our second hope for a catholic president -- but he was also assassinated.

be well everyone. i am so glad that janet is here on care. she stimulates our thought processes.

God bless Janet Garey!!!

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Thanks for the article. I was eight when MLK and RFK were murdered and I remember it like yesterday. I was at a Swiss Catholic school (Marie-Jose, in Gstaad) and our redoubtable French Headmistress Madame Racine (a refugee survivor of WWII) rang the silver bell at the daily luncheon, invoking our patron saints and leading us in memorial prayer. I remember most people around the world, not just Americans, were in mourning after these events. I still find it unbelievable all these years later, that in 5 short years America could have lost 3 such people. I don't believe we have ever recovered from it; we have grown around and beyond it and moved on, but the memory is still fresh and devastating - like losing a loved one.

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Great Article!

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy left this world 46 years ago today. Rather than allow grief and sorrowful memories engulf me, I plan to write yet another letter to my congressional representatives urging their support of national health reform, organize some holiday packages for deployed military personnel, listen to the original soundtrack & watch the movie version of Camelot, then spend much of the day just loving the Garey Gang. But not to be forgotten is the Thanksgiving message I'm sending to each and everyone of you, my dear and faithful readers. Your messages of support and kind words are always greatly appreciated and I truly look forward to the interaction, thoughts and impressions you so unselfishly share here on Dower Power, Kitten Smitten and Nana's Neighborhood. I feel most humble and appreciative that you share my little stories with your friends, social groups and families! You make my heart sing and each day is one to celebrate Thanksgiving! Than you, my friends, and please keep the notes and messages. With much gratitude, I am now, and ever shall be your friend!

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I was only 4 years old when Kennedy was assassinated, but I remember being confused. My mother was listening to the radio, and weeping. I had never seen her cry before. I didn't understand why she was crying, because she had campaigned for the other guy. 4 year ld logic aside, thank-you for a lovely article.

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Thank you Janet, that was a lovely article. I too was a freshman in high school the day JFK was shot. But it was home ec class and they didn't know yet if he had died. That came a few hours later.I don't remember feeling much of anything personaly, only that it seemed the world around me stopped, and the teachers were weeping. I didn't know beans about politics or Camalot back then, but I learned a lot in the next 4 years as the Viet Nam war started claiming the lives of pimply faced farm boys who had their lives stolen out from under them by the draft, and then even my own little brother was faced with the awful choice of join for 4 years and pick your branch of service or get drafted for 2, and hope you survived.He picked the C-Bees, and came back. Now it looks like we have another chance at living those ideals of co-operation and a better world for all, especially the down trodden and tired. And the animals. Without really knowing how it has come about, I seem to have become an advocate for the low income as I see they have been mis-cast and very underappreciated. They are portayed as the parasites, when in fact they are the foundation that holds it all up.Without them getting up and doing their low wage jobs everyday, not much else can happen. Blesed are the meek, for they shall inhairet the Earth. And I'm not even religious.Meek does not mean passive or powerless.It means there's a lot of us.

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While we continue to believe we humans 'hold dominion over' all the other species on this planet (according to some mythological book) we will continue to have suffering and violence. The only way to live in peace is to respect all of life, not only human life. For without the balance of all species, we will not survive.

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my favorite so far. we can make a difference, young and old. what is it..starfish on the beach? you can't save them all, but life is forever changed for the ones you manage to throw back into the ocean. the question is really how to make the most of limited time and resources. keep reevaluting what you're doing.

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