Happy Birthday Mr. President!

[Dawn Meredith]

If he could have survived JFK would be ninety five today. The years seem to spin by. I remember the assassination and aftermath so vividly. I was fourteen and due to the illness of both my prents in Canada, myself and sibs were in the US with various relatives. I was in Quincy MA, and JFK was to come to speak in Dec. I was so excited. I adored him. He was everything my father was not. I spent that year in the States and it struck me odd even then that I was far more upset and concerned with the assassination than the health of my parents. All my letters home were conspiracy oriented. And grief filled. I still cannot watch the peace speech of June 10 without crying. Kids from the 60's were so blessed to have had such an idealistic time: the music, the peace rallies, the love ins, etc. It is so different today. Rap and violence glorified on tv, movies,
These are not the best of times.

Happy birthday Mr. President. Oh for someone like you today.

Dawn