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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I was in Mrs. Enterline's 5th grade at East Franklin Elementary School. The three fifth grade classes were in the cafeteria/gymnasium for an assembly program when the secretary of the school came to the door and whispered to the teachers. They began crying and I remember being sent home. We watched through the Monday funeral. I was taken with the bands playing the hymns & dirges plus the associations with the Lincoln assassination. I have always been a Lincoln fan and a fan of hymns played by a band. I live in the same home where I watched.<div><br></div><div>Some side thoughts: Mrs Enterline gave me a silver dollar for perfect attendance that year. I missed one day in sixth grade and then had perfect attendance in grades 7-12. No one else ever recognized me and I still have the silver dollar</div><div><br></div><div>One of the drums and the bugle used at the Kennedy funeral are on display in Brucker Hall (band building) at Fort Myer, VA. I once did a tour of Fort Myer and got to see the empty stall where Black Jack was stabled. The equestrian unit there still performs with dignity & respect.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">I don't know if you have any interest, but this is a recording of my new composition titled, The Eternal Flame.</span></div><div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://youtu.be/KTkS1I_85b8" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/KTkS1I_85b8</a></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">I will eventually have better quality image and sound, but I wanted to give people an idea of what I have been working on for the past 4 months composing and rehearsing.</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">The local paper did a short article:</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/5119383-74/kennedy-ellermeyer-kittanning#axzz2lTNM7jGn" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/5119383-74/kennedy-ellermeyer-kittanning#axzz2lTNM7jGn</a></div><br><div>Dennis F. Cramer <br><a href="http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/" target="_blank">http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/</a></div><br><div><br></div></div> </div>
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