Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family (41 page)
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Authors: David Amber,Batcher Hunt,David Batcher
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With Vicki by his side:
Milligan, Susan, “Kennedy Returns to Senate,”
Boston Globe
, November 18, 2008.
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A banner reading “Welcome Back:
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“You’ve never seen”:
Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”
6. To the Grave
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Vicki knew those precious extra:
Kennedy, Vicki, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium,” YouTube, November 24, 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMY7MLYZ4k.
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In true Ted fashion:
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“There I was caring for . . . all going to be OK”:
Hayes, Cathy, “Vicki Kennedy Rules Out Run for Political Office,”
Irish Central
, August 16, 2010, www.irishcentral.com/news/vicki-kennedy-rules-out-run-for-political-office-100751824-237710671.html.
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Even President Obama joined:
Miga, Andrew, “Obama Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to Ted Kennedy at Tribute Concert,”
Huffington Post
, March 8, 2009, www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/obama-sings-happy-birthda_n_172939.html.
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“I was gonna stay out there all day”:
Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”
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“Sailing, for me, has always been”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 6.
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He even had a diary from his First Communion:
Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”
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His publisher’s delivery of manuscripts:
Couric, Katie, “@KatieCouric: Vicki Reggie Kennedy & Ted Kennedy Jr.,” YouTube, December 22, 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCBm9kBpG8.
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“That was the greatest gift . . . the way we lived it”:
Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”
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The morning of the mass:
Balz, Dan, Keith B. Richburg, and Shailagh Murray, “ ‘We loved this kind and tender hero,’ ”
Washington Post
, August 30, 2009.
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“Bells began to toll at 10:45 a.m.”:
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Ethel and Bobby beam on their wedding day, June 17, 1950, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hundreds of guests flooded the town for the extravagant affair. Ethel, then twenty-two years old, wore a gown created by noted New York City fashion designer Mamie Conti.
Associated Press
Jackie poses in her Ann Lowe–designed gown at Hammersmith Farm on her wedding day: September 12, 1953.
Toni Frissell/Public Domain
Jackie poses for photographer Jacques Lowe in the summer of 1960 in Hyannis Port. The First Lady had stopped campaigning because of her pregnancy. Lowe titled the image “Yellow Dress.”
Jacques Lowe/courtesy of Gannett News Service
Joan Kennedy, nicknamed “The Dish” for her stunning looks by her brother-in-law Jack Kennedy, models an Oleg Cassini gown at a Catholic charity benefit in Boston, April 7, 1962.
Associated Press
The first family poses for a portrait on the porch in Hyannis Port on August 4, 1962.
Cecil Stoughton/Public Domain
Jack, Jackie, John Jr., and Caroline leave Easter services in Palm Beach on April 14, 1963.
Cecil Stoughton/Public Domain
Jackie stands next to Lyndon Johnson as he takes the oath of office following Jack’s assassination, November 22, 1963.
Cecil Stoughton/Public Domain
Holding her childrens’ hands, Jackie walks down the steps of the United States Capitol on the day of JFK’s funeral, November 25, 1963. She is followed by RFK and his sister, Pat Kennedy Lawford.
Abbie Rowe/Public Domain
Rose Kennedy in 1967.
© 1967 CBS Television/Public Domain
Ted, Rose, and Joe Kennedy make their first public statement in the aftermath of RFK’s assassination in Hyannis Port on June 15, 1968.
J. Walter Green/Associated Press