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In this video we react to the JFK Memorial in Runnymede, UK. Just outside of London, this incredibly peaceful 1 acre plot of land is a tribute to US President John F. Kennedy. We were shocked to learn that not only did the British people honor JFK with this memorial, Britain actually gifted this land to America! This is such an amazing display of respect and friendship. The JFK Memorial in England is on American land, yet on British soil. This is amazing.
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[@johngrant5448]

I remember the day it happened, everyone was shocked by the assassination. We only had black and white television back then, and that winter of 1963 was fierce. I remember that he was well respected in Britain and for how he handled the Cuban missile crisis. He was the last president to serve before America finally went fully loopy. To my generation of Britons, somebody getting shot like that was truly disturbing .

[@steddie4514]

Mad?​@SmearCampaignUK

[@fuzielectron5172]

They have come a long way from individual freedoms as expoused by Kennedy. Now authority has the right to invade your privacy and emails, control your thinking and sold them out to the corporations and military industrial complex. I admire Kennedy because of Cuba but more so because "he" moved US nukes from Turkey, enabling Peace to be kept. He opened dialogue with the Russians for betterment of all. And he ultimately paid the price, a Dove was not wanted.

[@gillfox9899]

Although I just about remember JFKs assassination I really remember Robert's assassination. My mother remarried on 1st June 1968 and I went to stay with my godfather on the south coast. It was a hot sunny day and we were in the back garden when his death was announced

[@pamelsims2068]

I remember it well too. But the harsh Winter Weather in the UK was began Xmas 1962 through Jan , Feb, March of 1963 an£ JFK was assassinated in Nov 1963 .... different Winter.

[@johngrant5448]

@pamelsims2068 In my area, we had severe gales in 1962 that blew down walls, chimney stacks and television areals. 1963 was an even more severe winter with extremely severe snowfall. In 1962, my neighbourhood looked as though it had been bombed as bricks and other debris lay all around.

[@claregale9011]

What an moving tribute to JFK so fitting it's at Runnymede where the Magna carta was signed 😊.

[@gtaylor331]

First of all let me say you are both very decent and good people, but what you said about being surprised other countries (particularly the UK) commentated so much about things outside of their own country tells us so much about American thinking and personality. The US is a very insular society, many of it's citizens know so little about the rest of the world.....but here in the UK, as with many other countries, this has not been the case.

[@kezlana6907]

Thats true, from hearing from other americans, and the conversations ive had. They are taught little in comparison, about other countries, some even lies! They're apparently taught their country is the best, everyone loves them or is jealous and wants to be them, everywhere else isnt as good, they are them, everything is about them, the world revolves around them etc etc. And thats terrible tbh if that is the case. I know to a degree it is, but it does make wonder. I know their education system isnt great, especially when it comes to learning about the rest of the worlds history and goegraphy, that is evident in discussions ive had about peoples knowledge of the rest of the world, quite sad really.

[@robertheywood2553]

What you have to appreciate is that America is a huge country, bordered by Canada to North and Mexico to the South. Whereas we in Europe we are neighbours with lots of countries.

[@TheJpf79]

@@robertheywood2553 "we in Europe" Europe is not a country and is a very big place, for some reason your logic breaks down when you think that "we in Europe" are neighbours, when some countries are over a thousand miles apart.

[@LetsTalk_ManUtd]

@@TheJpf79he most likely means more countries on 1 land mass compared to America which has only themselves, Canada & Mexico on 1 land mass

[@katydaniels508]

I think his words are more true today than ever. It’s a powerful message

[@mervinmannas7671]

I love this because although commermorating and American it is still very British and understated. With some memorials you can overwhelmed by their graduer and forget the symbilism. This was very well thoughtout in sutble ways to reprsent everything about America and JFK himself. I love the touch of the tree cross the pather as you approah forcing you to bow slitghty in respect to a great man.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Yeah, the details are quite amazing!

[@teelaprincessofparrots3808]

If you like learning about these kinds of historical links between the UK and US you should look at the battle of Bamber bridge. It's a hard watch for an American but well worth checking out.

[@timenchanter1983]

One of my favourite stories from the war as it really highlights the cultural differences between the two countries at the time

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Just read it,. I see why it'd be a hard read for our American friends.

[@CtrlOptDel]

I’d humbly suggest that the still-as-yet-unnamed next aircraft carrier the US Navy has ordered (CVN-82) should be named “USS William Crossland” as a gesture of contrition.

[@cathyrussell7157]

@teelaprincessofparrots3808 - We've never had racial segregation in Britain and the American Army tried to enforce it amongst their soldiers in a village Pub.

[@neilmorrison7356]

Our address is John Kennedy Drive here in Scotland. There used to be a US Naval base near us and some of the houses for married personnel were here.

[@trevorgrimes7273]

Hi Lindsey …Steve .I was 16 when JFK was killed and remember the exact spot I was in when hearing the news .My wife and I have visited this memorial a moving place.We have also visited not far from where we live the America Cemetery Cambridge a remarkable place for the fallen American servicemen of the Second W W. Well worth a look into.Happy New Year from the both of us.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thanks much, and the same to you and your wife! Appreciate you watching :)

[@Snailman56]

I remember how we found out - I was 7 and sitting with my parents watching the TV which suddenly went black (in the middle of Emergency Ward 10 - a UK 1960’s medical drama) and a solemn BBC announcer suddenly telling the audience that JFK had just been assassinated. The BBC stayed off the air apart from commentary on his life and assassination for the rest of the night.

[@lindakirk698]

I was around in 63. It was a great shock. He was a young progressive President & this was just 10 yrs after our new Queen was crowned. It makes you wonder how dangerous life is. There have been many tales & stories as to whether he was actually doing good due to his family links! Well never know.

[@chucky2316]

Ive seen the kennedy aboritiem and his memorial also his family cottage whilst on holiday in wexford. Bit before my time though im a 81 baby

[@davehadley3567]

Sometimes we get stuff so right, bearing in mind we do have a almost family like relationship with the US. And like any family we tease, joke even insult and disagree with each other but it’s never done as a daggers drawn serious thing. ( we do tend to do those things with the folk we like/ love) you can tell we we really don’t like someone we become incredibly polite and formal.

[@sueharrison8193]

I was 7 years old when John was assassinated. My parents spoke well of him and believed in his future for the World. When Bobby was assassinated, i cried for him

[@Bobmeanstreak]

Love your comment about dates and history. I volunteer as a guide at Avebury Manor an English Manor House in Avebury Wiltshire. We are a National Trust property and the ethos here is that dates come second, stories and experience teach more. We encourage children to dress up in period costume, learn the reason why furniture etc. is designed as it is etc..., the dates and history are all there to be had as well, but students particularly prefer a hands on approach. There are You Tube Vids about Avebury (largest stone circle in Europe). Enjoy your reactions good wishes.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Love that sentiment! Hands on learning is best :) We'll definitely have to look more into Avebury

[@davsav]

I'm 71 and I remember a newsflash coming on the television saying that Kennedy had been shot. We were shocked and I'm sure it was the same around the world.

[@IsNotAlways]

Oh wow that’s so sad and amazing all at the same time. Thankyou for sharing this xx

[@kathchandler4919]

I think folk only know who they are by knowing where they come from , I think that's what you two are doing, me too, and it's brilliant for our children to know ❤🎉

[@meggoodrick333]

I was 5 it came on TV as breaking news my mum cried and my dad was stunned. Britian mourned his loss ,as we did for those on 9/11

[@marcusknightuk]

A great video as usual guy's, but please correct with things being shown in reverse....seeing the UK map behind you in reverse is so odd.

[@rippog1]

I grew up in a little village called Hingham in Norfolk England where Ab Lincolns relatives came from before emigrating to America. Also from Hingham was the relatives of Nicolas Gilman, One of the signatories of the US constitution.

[@mosthaunted2]

JFK once lived next door but one to the Iranian Embassy in London for a short time when his Dad was US Ambassador before it was the Embassy, this was made famous by the SAS in 1980, his Sister also lived there and is buried in the UK.

[@1954real]

The UK absolutely loved JFK I remember this Country being in total shock. Any one old enough remembers where and what they were doing when they heard of I'd death. A Great President ❤.

[@BerylErridge]

I was 13 when he died. We were so shocked that this happened. The American people elect your President but it affects us in the west as well. He was very popular, handsome and young after so many old men, he was a bright future for us here.l dont think there was another like him until President Obama was elected. Thankyou for all your videos. I love to watch them.

[@grendel1960a]

and the monument is just a few miles from Windsor castle

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

That was very interesting and moving. I knew nothing about this. Thanks for teaching me something new about my own country.

[@alanlacey1951]

Kennedy was young compared to previous Presidents, he was also a fantastic speaker who touched the peoples of the UK. We the British were all stunned and shocked at his assassination .

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

They are building the UK's tallest rollercoaster just a short mile or two away from this, and naturally we will be there on our channel this year so we may visit this place too.

[@jasmineteehee3612]

The photo of the queen and Prince Philip with the Kennedy family at the memorial, you will notice that Prince Philip is holding JFK junior hand. It’s a beautiful memorial for a great man taken too soon.

[@TheNordicharps]

I was 10 and living at home in Grangemouth, Scotland when Kennedy was assassinated. I remember well the devastation we all felt. We felt crushed.

[@glastonbury4304]

It's the only piece of land owned by the US in the UK...not even the land the US embassy is on belongs to the US...also the memorial has 50 steps to it, denoting the 50 states...also there is a branch across the path just before the memorial so you have to bow just before it and then a garden of remembrance with seating looking towards runnymede and the signing of the Magna Carta ...the Queen and her staff really thought this one out ...also remember JFK's sister is buried in the UK...❤

[@TwistedTiara]

I'm a member of the English Heritage so we're defo going here, I love this.

[@SomeBody-wf9xk]

JFK took on Khrushchev (the then USSR President and won) read the Cuban Missile Crisis. The whole world was waiting for the standoff to play out. For that reason alone we remember him.

[@The.Android]

JFK's father was ambassador to Britain. One of JFK's sisters, Kathleen Kennedy is buried in Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England. She signed up to work for the Red Cross while in England and never wanted to move back to the US. She married Lord Hartington (Marquess of Hartington), heir apparent to the 10th Duke of Devonshire in 1944 and she became Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington. Sadly, he was killed on active service in Belgium just four months later. Kathleen herself sadly died in a plane crash in 1948 at the age of 28 while flying to the south of France while on vacation with her new partner, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. The curse of the Kennedys.

[@nicoladowlen8083]

It is a really beautiful spot. The Thames is just over the road and it faces towards Windsor which is a couple of miles away.

[@MJacquelineJ]

Great video guys! I was just thinking, its a pitty that Lindsey didn't get to do the Proms reactions with you, i think she would have liked that. Even if it is opera (kind of) 😂.

[@martyngray48]

Jackie & JFK and our Queen really got on well together. Jackie confided in the queen.

[@janetburrows137]

Very, very moving. 😢❤😢❤

[@jeanlongsden1696]

Steve ... did you know there is British Soil in America? there is a RAF Base in Nevada for testing Drones. there use to be a few American Nuclear Missile Bases in Britain until the end of the cold war. once that ended, the land reverted back to becoming British territory.

[@reactingtomyroots]

No, didn't realize that either! Thanks for sharing :)

[@cathyb46]

I was sat as a child next to my mother on the couch watching the BBC news as this came on, everyone was shocked, mum broke into tears. His father Joseph was a bit fingers in the pies people said he was a gun runner but he became Ambassador to the UK.

[@cathyb46]

PS: JFKs older brother Joseph Patrick died 1944 in Suffolk England he was a bomber pilot. A sister Kathleen was killed in an aircraft accident in France, she was Lady Hartington and is buried in the Cavendish buriel grounds. Such a tale of tragedies for one family. JFKs brother Edward had that unfortunate Chappaquiddick incident too.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I think JFK is so revered in the UK as he was the embodiment of fair play and goodness which is a trait that we strive for in the UK!

[@mskatonic7240]

16:10 you should have seen the old US embassy. Massive concrete monstrosity with a giant Eagle on the roof. No mistaking that for anything else! I guess with the new building they wanted something a bit subtler.

[@rippog1]

I’ve been there, it’s very near where the Magna Carta was signed by king John which was the basis for US law and legal system in conjunction with English common law.

[@raycornford283]

It was one of those moments about which one can say, sixty years later, "I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news". JFK also was proud of his Irish roots, which endeared him to the UK

[@RogersRamblings]

It's my belief that if Kennedy had lived the present state of the US and the rest of the western democracies would not have come about and that the Kennedys were slain by those with vested interests.

[@rosalindhobbs301]

He seemed a lovely person a great president

[@lesdonovan7911]

The stone was cut here in at Portland in Dorset on the Jurassic coast also it is the same stone that most of Buckingham palace is built with, I have been to the memorial site that is in cape cod you are right the family had ties in Massachusetts.

[@kingfisher_man]

This is just down the road from me. It's a very special place.

[@stevealharris6669]

Mark Felton had one of the best history/war channels on KZbin.

[@clarecrawley17]

His views were bigger than borders

[@tacfoley4443]

The American Cemetery at Madingley, Cambridgeshire, is also 'America'. My namesake is remembered on the Wall of Remembrance.

[@johnellis7445]

London calling. Frist of all, Happy New Year to you & Linsey. JFK had vision. He loved the British and would be very welcomed in Camalot. This place is not far from where King John signed the Magna Carta.

[@clarewilliams5907]

when I was a kid we lived in Ireland for a time. We used to visit the John F Kennedy Memorial Arboretum near New Ross - Co Wexford....JFK's great-grandfather, Patrick, was born in the nearby village of Dunganstown,

[@MeganSmith-xx2ih]

Now i know this exists, I will certainly make sure I visit. Kennedy was a great man, wish we had another man of his calibre in the US today.

[@peterbrazier7107]

His older brother Joseph was in the US Navy, he was a Patrol Bomber pilot, He was flying a BQ-8 ( B24 remote piloted bomb) in the Aphrodite program, it is thought the explosives arming switch was wired wrong or there was a short curcit, he and his copilot were both killed in the explosion.

[@paulhadfield7909]

ive been there often to runnymede for picnics, but didnt realise jfk park was near, next time i go ill go and see it

[@jerry2357]

1963. This is easy to remember because JFK was assassinated at the same time as the broadcast of the first Doctor Who programme, and Doctor Who has just celebrated its 60th anniversary.

[@MadScotsman05]

Fun fact, Scotland mountain range is part of the same range as the Appalachian mountains in North America and separated about 50 million years ago

[@PaulCoaley]

My 85yr old Mom dates her life with “ where I was when JFK died” also she saw him visit his sister grave in Derbyshire .

[@billyo54]

Check out Kennedy's visit to Ireland in 1963 where he visited his ancestors and addressed Dail Eireann only months before his assassination. The Irish army cadets escorted his coffin at Arlington in full uniform. The only time a 'foreign army ' was allowed to do so on American soil.

[@nicolad8822]

9 pipers from the Black Watch of the British Army were in the procession at the request of Jackie. The band was on tour in the US and had recently played to the family at the White House.

[@stuartfitch7093]

I've watched Mark Felton's channel for a long time and he does a lot of good, well researched, fact informing videos. Many on WW2 but he also covers other subjects too.

[@matty007]

I grew up living on an housing estate called white courts now known as great notley and the estate was built over a WW2 American army hospital and as you enter the housing estate today there is an memorial about the USA hospital and an American flag and UK flag side by side.

[@helenbailey8419]

Your comments were wonderful

[@lyndaodell3619]

I was 8 when he was killed and I can remember it clearly everyone was talking about it,I remember his brilliant speeches he was a good man people were very sad.We saw it on tv it was shocking to see it happen in front of you on television.

[@PeterDay81]

Kathleen Agnes Kennedy.After the end of the war, she briefly traveled back to the United States to visit her family, but returned to London to live there permanently. Lady Hartington died on May 13, 1948 in a plane crash in France. She is buried on the Cavendish family burial grounds, in the Church at Edensor outside of Chatsworth, England. You should check that out.

[@Mahoolipoodles]

Learnt something new today, thank you ❤

[@Me-gy7yk]

David Starkey's book Magna Carta is an ideal read, if you want to learn more about it. He simply presents the facts and doesn't slant anything to fit his world view, which is a common fault of modern historians. I've been to see one the few remaining copies of Magna Carta, in Lincoln.

[@sparkyprojects]

Just as a matter of interest, there's also british land in the US Search for 'The US land forever leased to Britain' I was only 8 years old when JFK was assasinated, so i don't remember a lot

[@stephenbaker-lemay479]

I was only a small child when this happened but when I was older my Mum said the sadness surrounding JFKs murder was because of the sense that the World was changing, this is the Generation that was young during the War, they grew up with the issues of the pre War years and JFK offered so much hope.

[@JohnSmith-fr7js]

You've got to remember that in 1961 America and Western Europe were in the middle of the "Cold War" with the Soviet Union, Germany was divided between East and West, Berlin was divided with a wall, Europe was divided by the "Iron Curtain", Russia and the West had Nuclear Missiles pointed at each other and WW3 almost started during the "Cuban Missile Crisis" in 1962. This is why America and JFK were important to the World, WW2 had finished 15 years earlier, then we had the Korean war and the Vietnam war was just starting, when Kennedy was assassinated everyone thought that the Soviets were behind it and WW3 was feared again, only much later did we realise that JFK was murdered by his own countrymen.

[@TED1980]

As a New Zealander I look toward the UK as our mother, also I look toward the US as our massive brother 🥹

[@johnbunyan5834]

The third Kennedy brother was Edward, who was involved in a scandal, when the car he was driving, went into a river. He had a young woman passenger, who was drowned. I was 25 and laying carpet on the stairs, in my first house, when JFK was shot; I was listening to the radio, when the news was announced. JFK was an inspiring speaker. Some years later we had a boat on the Thames, and moored at this place, to look at the memorial.

[@BrianMac2601]

His dad was ambassador to the uk and lived here with the family for a few years, the family was liked but not so much his dad

[@darkstarnh]

As a Brit I love this. A classic example of 'you know who your friend's are'.

[@HelenH-fk2jh]

My mum was a cinema in , I think,Oxfordshire when the news of Kennedy's assassination and there were a lot of US servicemen in the cinema too bc there was a US base nearby. So there were still a lot of links with Britain then. The lights turned on in the middle of the film, the manager came out and said he'd been told to tell all the US personnel to go back to base because the President had been shot.

[@valerie1723]

I was involved in a community choir event in my home town last November, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles playing a concert in a local theatre. Sadly it was shared by the news of the assassination of JFK occurring on the same day. Video interviews of local people sharing their memories of the concert also evoked stories of the atmosphere in the town as people were leaving the theatre euphoric from the concert ,and then devastation on hearing the news of the death of The President. A bitter sweet moment in history, for Stockton on Tees.

[@tezzcan1]

Just outside Cambridge we have the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.

[@chrislofotos]

I attended the unveiling ceremony with my parents in 1965, I still occasionally visit the site, it is also located close to the Air Forces Memorial commemorating aircrews lost during World War Two.

[@claire9547]

I have always loved History, but when I was at school it was very structured and limited. I’m doing my History BA now at 57, It’s still the same in schools apparently BUT on my level we’re doing “ History with Borders” which opens up so many connections with other nations and beliefs previously ignored. Were hopefully that future generations will realise

[@grahamalewis1115]

Further to my earlier comment I have taken a screenshot of "America" in Shropshire, England.

[@lindaoconnor8298]

I’ve been to the KFK memorial in Ireland and it has lots of links to the Kennedy family.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

Also, another bizarre one we have here in Edinburgh that even I only discovered when I was out and about with a camera one summer is an Abraham Lincoln memorial in one of the city centre graveyards.

[@sarahdunningham8661]

I live very close to runneymede and its beautiful place, the magna carta is very prominent with its nane used for a school and many other local names, its quite close to Windsor so a beautiful place to visit. Battersea old windsor is a dog/cat place which is run by Battersea charity which looks after and re homes stray animals

[@junebillings9450]

I think the US may be very different today had JFK lived a full life. A bit surprised you seem to know so little about him though.

[@vaughanwilliams761]

I Was 5 When We Lost JFK , I Remember Asking Why My Mother , Father & Gran Were Crying Also People Wept On The Streets !! I Clearly Remember RFK Being Assassinated , And People Cried Again! The U.K. Were Fascinated With The Kennedy Family , Since Mr Kennedy Sr Was The U.S. Ambassador To The Court Of St James ! When John John , His Wife & Sister In Law , Crashed Int The Sea , We Were Glued To Our T.Vs Waiting For News & When It Came Tears Flowed Again !! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@Dan_druft]

I never knew this and I've lived in the UK for 64 years

[@paddyturner1568]

Poi: we have a small piece of land in Hastings, south coast England. That is known as ‘America land’. It was an area where the Americans who came to help build houses in Hastings was given this piece of land. if you would like me to send you a video about it, let me know

[@lisaweinmeyer5782]

This is why I love your channel!! I didn't know anything about this memorial!! It looks like a real experience to walk, and then sit, and contemplate. Queen Elizabeth, must have had to consider her own mortality, when JFK was shot. Her heart was deep in the Christian faith, and I think that this memorial, waas straight from the heart ❤

[@LynnBanks-k4n]

I remember well the day JFK died. I was 13 and waiting with a group of friends for the youth club leader to arrive to open up the church hall. When she arrived she was in bits and told us that President Kennedy had been shot. We were all so shocked we didn't want to go ahead with a social evening - it didn't feel right - and so we went home. I think Lindsay is right - there were 3 Kennedy brothers. John, Robert and Ted.

[@sidneygriffiths5737]

It's funny but also sad that genuine good intentions has no part in politics, those who have the ideals will be eliminated

[@charlestaylor3027]

Old Calton Cemetery in Edinburgh has a memorial to Lincoln.

[@johnward7768]

I was 11 when JFK was assasinated.He was instrumental in the Cuban missile crisis and the UK and the world thought of him as a bit of a hero for his work in bringing this crisis to an end.

[@lyndakirby852]

I was 10 years old when I remember seeing a campaign poster on a house wall telling people to vote for John Kennedy. Even then i admired him and that grew. I was 13 and at a cinema when whispers began to circulate that the US president had been shot. At home i watched it unfold on our black and white TV. It was devastating. I read the newspapers and cried a lot. The assassination of RJK brought it all back. He shared the same values. Those years were profound and proposed a radiaant future for the world. And it was ended. I read recently that RJK's son has allied with Trump and that saddens me.

[@rubberyowen1469]

I remember here in the U.K. when Kennedy was shot in Dallas and all our British flags and some changed to the stars and stripes on important buildings flew at half mast in Nov 1963. It really was a sad time. JFK stopped Russia from supplying Cuba with Nuclear warheads and probably the 3rd World War. A Great man.

[@frankparsons1629]

It was front page news here in the UK, I remember it as if it was yesterday, we were stunned by the dreadful news. A horrible end for a fine and honest man.

[@mabuie15]

You can visit the UK without leaving NC on Okracoke Island! They lease the land for a cemetery where the island residents buried 4 British soldiers who were found washes ashore during WWII

[@gillothen8913]

Assassinations were still a shock to ordinary people back then. I was very small, but vividly remember how stunned and upset my parents were that evening (the news came through at about 7.30 in the evening here in England.) Kennedy was rather an idealised figure - the negative aspects were kept firmly under wraps for many years. Then, five years later, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were murdered. It had a huge impact. Sadly, these days, politicians being murdered feels less unusual.

[@jennil7797]

There are other areas of American jurisdiction in the UK. I was a teacher at RAF Lakenheath for a while in the 1970s. While it remains British territory American currency is used on base, fellow teachers paid tax neither to the UK or US government. The bars, shops and eateries on base sold American goods and at US prices, including petrol/gas which has always been cheaper - GIs who ran out of fuel while off base would be really upset at having to pay the UK prices! Family accommodation meant there was a need for a US military education so kids of military families did not fall behind and the school was huge, Kindergarten through to the end of high school with well over 1500 kids attending. It took kids from RAF Mildenhall too as there was no school there. Obviously, neither Brits not Americans could walk into a base without a pass and I had to sign to accept the authority of the four star general in charge at all times I was on base. As a joke, when I left, I was issued with USAF discharge papers with a deliberate mis-spelling of my name - so I couldn't use it to apply for military benefits! As to JFK, when he died I was still in school. My school was closed as a mark of respect on the day of the funeral. We were told it was a day of mourning and we should stay home, not to treat it as a holiday on which we could play outside. He was probably the most respected US president ever over here.

[@nightmare.1612]

There’s not only a jfk memorial in the uk. There’s also a statue of Abraham Lincoln statue in the city of Manchester

[@angelabushby1891]

Because we respected him

[@MoominJude]

I can just remember this ,but Bobby Kennedy a lot better. Very tragic. My Mum was devastated at both, as well as Dr. King. I am in the UK and these people were revered.