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The
Lion Sleeps Tonight
From GypsyNester.com
With the passing
of Senator Edward Kennedy, I think most of us old enough to remember
can't help but be taken on a little journey back through time. One
of my earliest memories is of watching President John F. Kennedy's
funeral on the little black & white portable TV in my parent's
bedroom. Thinking back, that may have been the first time I was
even allowed to watch TV. I was young but I knew something big had
happened.
The Sixties happened. We were on our way to the moon, civil and
voting rights were fought for and passed and the war in Vietnam
was escalating until it became the central issue of the day. President
Kennedy was instrumental in all of these and by the late sixties
Bobby Kennedy wanted the job of finishing what his brother started.
I learned of the death of Senator Robert Kennedy from the radio
that sat on the windowsill in my mother's kitchen. By then I was
old enough to know that America would not be the same after this
event. Left or right, Republican or Democrat, I don't see how anyone
could disagree that America, and perhaps the world, would be somewhat
different today had Bobby Kennedy been our 37th President.
As the youngest Kennedy brother, Ted was there through these tragedies
and triumphs. Campaigns fought, elections won, profound changes
to America, funerals, eulogies, survivors to comfort and the weight
of the family name on his shoulders. There were massive expectations
to live up to and giant shadows to get out from under.
It took him some time, but after his presidential campaign in 1980
he seemed to begin his own journey. I think that coming to terms
with the idea he would not be the President of The United States
freed him to become something other than just the brother of JFK
and RFK. He became Senator Edward M. Kennedy. There is certainly
no shame in being a lion of the Senate.
Rest in peace now.
David, GypsyNester.com
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