Growing up, I remember everybody recalling where they were and what they were doing on that terrible day. I always felt left out of the conversation as I was merely a fetus on that date. Today those not born by the assassination date outnumber those, who remember.

My mother and father were going to tell family members that they were expecting another addition to the family on 11-22-1963, but the tragic death of the president made them delay news of my arrival another week.

On the 25th anniversary of the assassination I was in law schiil in Boston and was visited by my brother, who was a history buff on all things Kennedy. We visited the Kennedy Library in Dorchester where we learned admission was free that day. We could have stayed days there. My brother worked in the same building with Jackie and would often have a polite conversation when they would ride the elevator.

Three years later my wife and I happened to be vacationing in Boston and Cape Cod and actually strolled inside the family compound in Hyannisport on the anniversary. The cape is pretty quiet in November, but I think I had posted once before that while there some women approached us and asked if my wife would take a picture of them with me. We were both dumbfounded, but obliged. They thanked us and left us confused. A landscaper was having a laugh to himself and then told us that I closely resembled one of Rose's grandsons at the time. Those ladies must have shown that picture with me to many, saying they met a Kennedy. Someone must've set them straight.

A few things about Kennedy. He is the primary reason why men largely stopped wearing hats in the 1960s. JFK mostly avoided hats, which were commonly worn by men for many decades.

Also, the assassination was probably the most important event in the history of television, which was still feeling its way in American culture. This event shaped and defined the medium. Just prior to the assassination network news moved from a 15 minute to a 30 minute format, and the ongoing coverage through the weekend, including the live broadcast of Ruby shooting Oswald, changed the way Americans regarded television.