“It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.” -Ted Kennedy
My fascination/love of all things Kennedy dates back to middle school. I don't really know what prompted it, but I remember collecting magazines and reading books about them and just being incredibly interested in their lives and the mystique surrounding them. I found the image of Camelot inspiring and remember saying I wish I had been born decades earlier so I could have voted for JFK.
While the coverage of Ted Kennedy's death has been a bit overwhelming, I've also found myself in tears as I've watched footage of the procession through the streets of Boston and the pictures of the Kennedy family, and the rest of Massachusetts, gathering at the Kennedy library. And then there is this obituary in the New York Times. What can I say, I'm a sucker for this stuff.
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