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American History

electric_blue68

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8. I totally Get that...

Reply to Joinfortmill (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 10, 2024, 11:41 PM

Jun 2024

It's the way I feel about Bobby Kennedy.

The difference for me beyond the sheer fact of the shock of murdering a President - was I wasn't old enough to understand what we'd lost till later.
With RFK I knew.

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