November 22, 1963 … the Day America Wept

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
–President John F. Kennedy

It’s one of those dates that you always remember where you were when the news broke that President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed in Dallas. November 22, 1963.

In America, everyone wept — Democrats and Republicans, Protestants and Catholics — all felt the violent loss of a well-liked president who was assassinated. Schools were out, a state funeral was broadcast on nationwide television, a nation mourned.

Could it really be 53 years since that fateful day….