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I VIVIDILY REMEMBER WHERE I WAS ON THAT FATEFUL DAY – I WAS STANDING ON THE BACK VERANDAH OR PORCH OF OUR FAMILY HOME WHEN A WORK COLLEAGUE OF MY FATHER VISITED AND TOLD US THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN A PLACE CALLED DALLAS, TEXAS. I WAS 13 YEARS OLD – NEARLY 14 – AND WE WERE LIVING IN A SUBURB CALLED TUART HILL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I ATTENDED A SCHOOL RUN BY SERVITE PRIESTS – MANY OF WHOM WERE AMERICAN AND I ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF AMERICAN FRIENDS. THE INITIAL REACTION AMONG MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF DISBELIEF BECAUSE THIS WONDERFUL MAN – PRESIDENT KENNEDY – SOMEHOW REPRESENTED EVERTHING WHICH WAS GOOD IN THE WORLD. EVEN LIVING HERE IN AUSTRALIA WE FELT THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ALSO OUR LEADER, NOT JUST THE LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES. DESPITE ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND WRITTEN NEGATIVELY ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE I STILL HOLD PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN HIGH ESTEEM. I HAVE ALSO READ MANY BOOKS ON HIS LIFE AND THAT OF HIS FAMILY -LEARNING ABOUT HIM HAS BECOME A CONSUMING PbumION WHICH IS AN ONGOING INTEREST INTO LATER LIFE. I AM VERY GLAD THAT I FOUND THIS WEBSITE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECORD THESE THOUGHTS – IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.