I was five years old at the time of the assassination, and my biggest memory was that the Saturday morning cartoons were cancelled to show the funeral. I admired JFK later, he was a war hero with his PT-109 career plus he promised to put a man on the moon at the end of the decade. His Presidency will be remembered for the Bay of Pigs debacle, Cuban Missile Crises, and sending American troops into Viet Nam. I think he was conservative leaning, I doubt that he would be a Democrat today with what that party has turned into.