the TV or Radio mentioning that it is the 47th anniversary
of the assassination of John Kennedy. It is a large bookmark
in my life as I was one of those that stood in line along
Commerce Street and waved at the 35th President of the
United States as he drove past in the motorcade that day
in 1963. Leon Nay and I had cut classes at Arlington
State College in order to see the young President. We were
standing in front of the old Sanger Brothers Department
Store as they drove past. Jack looked a lot younger in
person than he did on TV,...Jackie was all smiles in her
pink suit and matching pillbox hat. Texas Governor
John Connally and his wife, Nellie, were in the same car
with the Kennedy's and both were beaming to the crowd.
Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was two cars back in a
car with Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas. The motorcade
made it's way past us so Leon and I were headed back home
when we got the news on the car radio. We were both
dumbfounded.... Ironically, I am currently reading a book
by Jim Marrs entitled 'Crossfire'. It deals with the JFK death
and has quite a few people to blame. The list is long but
just a few would include the Cubans, the CIA, the mafia,
the secret service, the military industrial complex, LBJ, and
also the communist party. If you really want to cloud your
mind over the happenings that day I recommend you reading
it. The movie by Oliver Stone on JFK's death was based on
this book. I don't believe a lot of the of the claims, but there
is no doubt someone was at the grassy knoll, and the theory
of a single bullet going through the President, striking Connally
through the shoulder, then his wrist, and then his knee....and
then still being in pristine condition........Well, that is a little
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