Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg addressed the Democratic National Convention in August 2008.
Kennedy Jr.ĭaughter of the late President John F.
This country watched them grow up - and collectively grieved the loss of John F. and his sister, Caroline, were easily the best known of the next generation of Kennedys - and the wealthiest. Until his death in 1999, he, too, was a fixture in Americans' lives and imaginations - a tiny boy crawling under his dad's desk in the Oval Office, and, of course, on his third birthday in November 1963, stepping forward to salute his father's casket at the president's funeral. "I am not a political leader but I can speak for those of my age who've been inspired by Teddy to give their energy and their ideas to their community and not just to themselves," John F. Kennedy brokered opportunities for younger Kennedys to appear before the political world - and one of the best was the chance to introduce Uncle Teddy at a nominating convention, symbolically claiming a share of the Kennedy tradition. In a speech at the 1988 Democratic convention, the late John F. Kennedy's children and fostering their versions of the family ambitions. Kennedy was watching over his brother John F. One of the many roles that history handed to Sen. 26, 2009Īs the third-longest serving senator in history, Kennedy will be remembered as one of the most dedicated and successful legislators the Senate has produced.
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