It was forty years ago today...

[luscious_purple]

How I experienced that moment.

The achingly sad cover of Rolling Stone that followed.

Five days later, an opening act at a nightclub near my campus played a cover of "Give Peace a Chance." (I wasn't there.)

Just thinking.

Comments

[silmaril]

It was.

[ursulas_alcove]

Yes. My Dad died Dec 6th 1999. My mother-in-law died December 31st, 1998. It’s really hard for us to celebrate Christmas.

[medievalbooks]

I worked as a proofreader on a newspaper in Boulder Colorado.

Copy came on my desk for me to proof. I broke down crying and told my co-workers. They didn't know either. Then had to proof the copy.

Walked home at 3 am, my roommate and a friend were asleep on the couch with music playing. Think it was "Imagine" I fell to my knees and quietly sobbed, thankful they had left it on.