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[–] • 7 pts

I vividly remember the afternoon the first news of Kennedy's assasination attempt was broadcast. My mother gasped and loudly said "Oh my God", visibly shaken and distraught. I had never seen her get emotional like that. It is the earliest memory of my lifetime. I will never forget it.

[–] • 2 pts

Basically the same for me, not the earliest, but the most shocking and vivid early one.

Las Vegas elementary school, female teacher approached another female teacher with a radio in her arms, crying, emotional wreck...one can imagine the effect on a youngster like me.

Then Oswald shot, another shocker, and three days of funeral coverage. They researched how Lincoln was done and copied it, it was a mad rush. That night at the White House the doctor was passing out sedatives. Everybody was young. Crazy.

[–] • 3 pts

My 96 year old neighbor told me she felt things were going great in this country through the 1950s and then started getting noticeably worse by the early 1960s. And its been downhill ever since.

Sounds about right.

[–] [deleted] • 5 pts

I agree - the country has not recovered from the 1960s shootings of JFK, MLK, and Bobby Kennedy. These 3 murders and the flimsy coverups let all Americans know that there were lines you could not cross without being murdered (and not by lone crazy gunmen).

[–] • 1 pt

Really is the focal point for our most modern regime / order layer.