On the day John F. Kennedy was shot, my grandmother was devastated and his death still impacts her to this day. When she found out that JFK had died, she said, "I felt like I had lost a member of my family, and I was sad to lose him as a leader because he was just starting to get things done for our country. It's actually still hurtful for me to think about the loss." My grandmother felt a very strong emotional connection to John F. Kennedy. For instance, he was the first president for whom she voted, and the first president to whom she could relate. She described how he was young with young children, while Truman and Eisenhower were both older, so she felt like she could relate more to him. She was also able to walk right up to him and
