Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Meg
President Barack Obama delivered the keynote eulogy at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston for his colleague and friend Senator Edward Ted Kennedy.
Former presidents in attendance at the funeral of the U.S. Senator were George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy’s son and namesake Ted Kennedy Jr. also delivered a poignant remembrance [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Meg
Ted Kennedy Jr. delivered some heartfelt remarks at Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston for his father, Senator Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy, who died of brain cancer last week. He said, “Although it hasn’t been easy at times to live with this name, I have never been more proud of it than I am today.”
Teddy [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Meg
Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy died late Tuesday night at his Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He was 77 years old.
The youngest of nine children of Joseph Kennedy and Rose Kennedy, he became a U.S. Senator (D-MA) in 1962, serving nearly 47 years in that capability. He was the last of [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Meg
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a member of the famous Kennedy clan, died in Hyannis, Massachusetts on August 11, 2009 at the age of 88, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was the fifth of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
Eunice and her husband Sargent Shriver helped to found Special Olympics [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Meg
U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, R-Fla, will step down from the Senate, over a year prior to the end of his term, citing “personal reasons” and apparently acting on his early promise to his constituents that he “wouldn’t simply warm a seat.”
The only Hispanic Republican in the Senate issued a statement on Friday afternoon: “My priorities [...]
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