John Skillin, a teenager in the early 1960s, was profoundly affected by the assassination.

... headquarters and offering my services as a volunteer. On Sunday, Nov. 6, 1960, my father took me to Symphony Hall in Newark to hear Kennedy's campaign speech. Two days later he won the election. On Nov. 22, I was at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, ...

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