It's Saturday Night - Time for more Genealogy Fun! Our mission (from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing ), should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1) What are the major news events that happened during your life that you remember where you were when you heard about them? 2) Tell us in your own blog post, or in comments to this post, or in comments on Facebook. As always, please leave a link to your work in Comments. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963, I was in the fourth grade at Parkmead Elementary School in Walnut Creek, California. The principal, I think it was Mr. Sloan, announced it over the loud speaker. We all sat there in the class in silence, not believing it. I do not believe we went home early. I do remember classmates talking about it in the lunch line. The T.V. was on all weekend at home—I think that was the only programming that was on. As I think back on it now,...
Researching: Davey, Gleeson, Gorrell, Hork, Hutson, Johnston, Jones, Lundquist, Nilsen, Selman, Sievert, Sullivan, Tierney, & Wollenweber.