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electric_blue68

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11. Yes, it Still Hurts.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 05:48 PM

Saturday

I was 11 when we visited the original JFK grave with the white picket fence. We had cousins just outside of DC.

Then decades later I visited the fully constructed JFK grave, and then Bobby's.
So effin' sad.

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