As an 8 twelvemonth onetime living inwards southwestern Pennsylvania, I retrieve distinctly this day. Although it has been 50 years to the day, I silent retrieve the proclamation yesteryear our unproblematic schoolhouse main over the loud speaker inwards our room, together with how the entire pedagogy staff together with some students reacted to the tidings pronounced tardily together with haltingly yesteryear a grown human being non typically known to survive emotional. Many of the woman soul teachers screamed together with ran into the hallway, crying out loud together with shaking. Some of the students inwards my 3rd degree grade were upset because of their reaction to the news. And schoolhouse was all of a abrupt dismissed, interrupting our preparations for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
In those days, it was silent prophylactic to walk home from school. And every bit I entered the solid when I got home, I noticed my woman bring upwardly who was non a big fan of the President, crying at the tidings beingness broadcast our dark together with white tv gear upwardly inwards the living room. Although she was non a political brute yesteryear nature, the shear unbelievable lawsuit was plenty to produce her to survive emotionally affected. We listened for the residual of that afternoon together with into the evening, together with nosotros cried for the loss of life, together with for the loss of certainty inwards our lives together with every bit a country.
Although I actually did non sympathise fully the implications of JFK’s assassination at the time, I did know what beingness murdered together with dying was about. As a kid, I could non actually encompass why someone would desire to kill the President. But every bit I grew older, together with began to sympathise how the the world works, I realized that evil is survive together with seeks to destroy all adept things. Now, 50 years after every bit the tidings programs together with documentaries convey been broadcasting all calendar week long well-nigh the history of that day, together with every bit those who were unopen together with personally involved inwards everything from the presidential limousine, to the arrest of Lee Oswald, to his murder yesteryear Jack Ruby, together with the finality of lilliputian John John saluting a flag draped casket on its agency to Arlington Cemetery, it is really apparent that memories sometimes are lucidly clear, together with sometimes are given to modified revisions of actual events. The closer you lot were to that day, the to a greater extent than you lot remember.
I survive inwards the Dallas expanse today, 50 years later. And I convey been to the locations that convey been re-broadcast inwards dark together with white footage, together with fifty-fifty Dealey Plaza together with the grassy knoll shown together with then clearly inwards the Zapruder film. That few seconds of cinema forever changed the agency the American President similar a shot rides through traffic, nether a really bullet proof, armored limousine—no to a greater extent than opened upwardly cars, together with no to a greater extent than lax subway service. Even the physician who operated on JFK that solar daytime at Parkland Hospital inwards Dallas, trying to salve a life drained of brain, blood, together with breath, changed the agency handling has been done on all trauma cases. And emergency services convey improved dramatically since that day. Over the yesteryear 5 decades, wellness tending has changed dramatically for anyone who has a life threatening event. And for those who demand regular medical care, the improvements inwards medicine convey advanced beyond comprehension to those who were watching life drain from the American President on Nov 22, 1963.
Has the American population changed inwards its overall social mental attitude toward Presidents? There convey definitely been amend together with worse executives inwards the Oval Office since 1963, simply the overarching message is that no affair who the occupant of the White House is, together with no affair how much you lot may grip or disagree amongst his policies, the demand to proceed him prophylactic together with secure is tantamount to national security, together with international stability. No affair what side of the political aisle you lot stand, ever retrieve i thing. The Office of the President deserves respect. You may disagree amongst his policies, simply abide by the Office. You may drive against him, simply abide by the office. You may vote for some other candidate, simply accolade the office. The Bible commands that you lot pray for all those inwards authority, no affair the office. Pray for wisdom, for next God’s will, together with for security together with protection. And, no election results give off yesteryear accident. If you lot are inwards doubt, read these passages: Proverbs 21:1, together with Daniel 2:21.
Fifty years—where has it gone? Over the years, sometimes fourth dimension seems to crawl. Looking back, however, the fourth dimension has flown. The older you lot get, the faster it goes. Here’s to making every minute count! Until side yesteryear side time.
