This Day

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I vividly remember the news bulletin coming over television, saying that Dr. King had been shot.  I was sitting in the den floor playing solitaire.


And then there was Bobby Kennedy, keeping one major city calm:


Who knew we were two months away from another murder.


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kathy b said…
I only recall my mother crying and telling us there would be no school the day Bobby was shot...she was distraught
April 5, 2013 at 10:21 PM
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