Comments on: The Mourning of the First Day http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-mourning-of-the-first-day/ Our Top 40 Past . . . in the Present Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Miles http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-mourning-of-the-first-day/#comment-4875 Miles Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:54:33 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=751#comment-4875 Shark is so right. While I have no idea what I was doing when RFK was shot, I am constantly amazed at what I was a witness to growing up in the 60's. I was smack dab in the middle of amazing social change, unparalleled music creativity and historic events that seemed to happen on a weekly basis. Color me blessed. Shark is so right. While I have no idea what I was doing when RFK was shot, I am constantly amazed at what I was a witness to growing up in the 60’s. I was smack dab in the middle of amazing social change, unparalleled music creativity and historic events that seemed to happen on a weekly basis. Color me blessed.

]]> By: Shark http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-mourning-of-the-first-day/#comment-4866 Shark Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:58:05 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=751#comment-4866 I was 9 years old at the time of RFK's death. It seemed to me that "current events" at that time was constant turmoil in the U.S. There were the assassinations of RFK and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Vietnam War, and continuous rioting...the Democratic National Convention, Watts, and ultimately the shootings at Kent State. There was also Charles Mansion, and Woodstock. It seemed as if 1967-1970 was utter chaos. Yet, somehow, the U.S. elected a President, put a man on the moon, put the first Boeing 747 to use, and complete construction of the World Trade Center...plus the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, and CCR put out GREAT music. What a crazy time it was being a kid! I was 9 years old at the time of RFK’s death. It seemed to me that “current events” at that time was constant turmoil in the U.S. There were the assassinations of RFK and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Vietnam War, and continuous rioting…the Democratic National Convention, Watts, and ultimately the shootings at Kent State. There was also Charles Mansion, and Woodstock. It seemed as if 1967-1970 was utter chaos. Yet, somehow, the U.S. elected a President, put a man on the moon, put the first Boeing 747 to use, and complete construction of the World Trade Center…plus the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, and CCR put out GREAT music. What a crazy time it was being a kid!

]]> By: whiteray http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-mourning-of-the-first-day/#comment-4864 whiteray Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:14:08 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=751#comment-4864 Well-said. And yes, I think the grief will always linger. Well-said. And yes, I think the grief will always linger.

]]> By: Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-mourning-of-the-first-day/#comment-4863 Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:58:03 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=751#comment-4863 Nicely written. Many years ago, I was out with friends, all of whom were older than I was. The topic of conversation turned to where everyone had been when they had learned that JFK had been killed. All I had to offer, sadly enough, was to reference the fact that my parents tell me as a baby, I had been kissed by RFK while he was campaigning. Nicely written.

Many years ago, I was out with friends, all of whom were older than I was. The topic of conversation turned to where everyone had been when they had learned that JFK had been killed. All I had to offer, sadly enough, was to reference the fact that my parents tell me as a baby, I had been kissed by RFK while he was campaigning.

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