EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE HYANISPORT COMPOUND TED KENNEDY THE LAST OF THE KENNEDY BROTHERS HAS PASSED ON TO A PLACE FAR BETTER THEN WHAT WE CALL THE BIG BLUE MARBLE.
A FAMILY PLAGUES WITH ONE HORROR AFTER ANOTHER FROM JOSEPH KENNEDY WHO WAS KILLED DURING WORLD WAR 2 IN A AIRCRAFT FLYING A MISSION...THEN HIS BROTHER JOHN F KENNEDY WHO BECAME PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1963 FOLLOWED 5 YEARS LATER BY ROBERT F KENNEDY AGAIN ASSASSINATED WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN HIMSELF IN A PLANE ACCIDENT AND NURSING A BROKEN BACK, AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN CHAPAQUIDIC AND HIS FEMALE COMPANION DROWNING. HIS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY HIMSELF IN 1976 AND 1980 BOTH ON THE LOSING END.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HIS SISTER EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER THE CREATOR FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PASSED AWAY.
IN 1963 I WROTE A POEM FOR JFK WHICH IS HOUSED IN THE KENNEDY ARCHIEVES IS FITTING TO REPEAT HER ONCE AGAIN...... HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEDGE AND HONOR OF MEETING THIS MAN ON MORE THEN ONE OCCASION FOR RALLIES AND MARCHES IN WASHINGTON DC AS WELL AS CENTRAL PARK IN NYC...I ALSO MET AND WAS HONORED TO HAVE SHAKENED THE HANDS OF BOTH OF HIS BROTHERS IN MANHATTEN AT THE CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENCY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE HONORED.. I HAVE BEEN A KENNEDY PERSON ALL OF THEIR LIVES....
JFK WAS A MAN TO ME
A MAN OF GREAT INTEGRITY
HE HAD US GOING VERY FAR
HE SAID SOME DAY WE'D REACH THAT STAR
SO TAKE IN MIND THIS MAN IN DEED
AND DON'T FORGET THAT HE DID LEAD
HE LED US FAR HE LED US WIDE
HE SAID THIS COUNTRY HAS SO MUCH PRIDE
IT HAS TO ME BEAUTY AND GRACE
NO MATTER BLACK OR WHITE IN FACE
SO MR. K YOU SAVED THE DAY
BUT WHO SAVED YOU ...NOW WE MUST PRAY
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