I was pretty young when an assassin killed President John F. Kennedy, but I still have vivid memories of that day. At school, the principal called us all into the gym and said these very words: “The President has been shot.”
I also remember watching the funeral on television. I recall seeing the flag-draped coffin and the widowed First Lady with their two small children. And that riderless horse with the backwards boots on his saddle, symbolizing a fallen leader.
The Four Marines that were killed on Thursday have now been formally identified. Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, from Springfield, Mass. and a Marine since 1997, was one…
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