22nd Nov 2003
Forever JFK
I was nearly 3 when JFK was shot 40 years ago. I remember my father glued to our black and white TV, capturing audio of the funeral procession to his reel to reel tape recorder.
What a time. After the missile crisis. Civil Rights legislation on the way. A period of low unemployment. A president with ideals. Before the escalation of Vietnam. First forays into space. Yeah, it wasn’t all roses then, but compared to now …
Looking back, I salute JFK. I didn’t know it then, of course, but we really lost something when he was taken from us. So few have come close to filling those shoes ever since.
