I was attending the Brantley-Draughon Business School that was located across the Street from Texas Hotel. The week before the President and Mrs Kennedy was to arrive, the hair stylist who was going to style Jackie Kennedy’s hair came to our school and chose 5 girls ( I was 18) to practice on the evening before her arrival. I was the 5th girl he practiced on the evening before so I had the same hairstyle as Jackie had that morning. I was so proud and I was proud to be an American Citizen and living in Fort Worth, Texas. Our school let out early so we could go to the speech that was just across the street from us and the President and Mrs Kennedy were coming to our great city. The speech was great and he shook hands just a few feet away from my friend and myself. We could only smile at each other. Afterwards, we went to the Lonestar Drive-In for a coke and that’s where we heard the news that the President had been shot in Dallas, Texas. We both couldn’t believe what we heard so we drove to her house to watch television and get the real story. We were very saddened that day and I have had those same memories on November 22nd of each year since.
