[PRCo] [NOT PRCo] I had just walked the.................

[DF Cramer]

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.
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
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.
I don't know if you have any interest, but this is a recording of my new composition titled, The Eternal Flame.http://youtu.be/KTkS1I_85b8I 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.
The local paper did a short article:http://triblive.com/news/armstrong/5119383-74/kennedy-ellermeyer-kittanning#axzz2lTNM7jGn
Dennis F. Cramer 
http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/

 		 	   		  


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