61 years ago tonight, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
This is a documentary with the complete address.
This is a video recording of JFK's Cuba telecast 61 years ago tonight, as replayed in 1997 on #CSPAN.
Although young kid, I remember our mom crying and taking us to pray for peace at St Lucy’s.
@LnzyHou Years later, I found a database record that my father had purchased a handgun during these thirteen days. He probably figured he was going to have to defend his family.
We went to church every night to pray for peace. Although I couldn’t understand the implications, our mom cried a lot which was horrible.