Gary Grzymkowski:  

Dedicated to my 1964 Classmates of St. Juliana Elementary School located in Detroit, Michigan Visit my blog celebrating St. Juliana and My Recollections of the 1963 Assassination. Go to my blog. sination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It is a milestone that one never could imagine would arrive so swiftly, shake up emotion and jolt our memory. Today, I write as a catharsis to recall distant memories, sort through decades of controversy and hope to find meaning and the effect on my life and of my classmates who shared the exact time and space of that day. I began the morning by posting recollections on Twitter and Face Book. As the morning moved to afternoon, a constant and endless flow of tributes, memories and blogs came to serve a renewed “vigor” to write. I wrote on past midnight only to break at dawn. In 1963, we reached the 8th grade and final year at St. Juliana. We sat in the classroom that afternoon when we could hear something stirring in the hall. Sr. Consuela excused herself for just a quick moment so to attend an impromptu meeting. Upon her return, visibly shaken she informed us that an announcement was forthcoming on the P.A. We sat silent and then the deep but somber voice of our Pastor, Fr. Holloway resonated from that round ...Expand for more