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Very Personal Thanks to Lawrence O’Donnell

June 9, 2016 By mike_cote

Tonight on the Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, the last few minutes of the show were given over to a very touching remembrance of Robert Kennedy’s short victory speech after winning the California Primary in June of 1968, his assassination, the news reports of his death, and then of a short clip of Ted Kennedy giving his brother’s eulogy.

I was just 8 years at the time and it this is one of my earliest memories of the news. Although I have seen these events in other platforms before, the presentation on Lawrence’s show tonight, while brief, was probably among the most heartfelt presentations I have ever seen on the final day of RFK’s life. Again, Thank You!

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  1. Karina says

    June 9, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    I was 7, and we walked up the hill two blocks from my house to look over the runway at LAX where the flag-draped coffin was loaded on to the airplane for the flight back to the East Coast.

  2. fredrichlariccia says

    June 10, 2016 at 5:46 am

    A tower of strength was he — so tall !
    Yet not too great to touch the small;
    He ran with zest his earthly race,
    With helping hand and fearless grace.
    And on his way —

    He paused to wipe the weary brow
    Of all who toiled with pen — or plow;
    For him, no color barrier stood;
    It never should; it never could
    Stand in his way.

    The path he trod was rough but right
    And freedom’s cause could make it light;
    Relentlessly, he journeyed on
    Through darkest night to reach the dawn
    Of a new day.

    “Come, follow me!” he turned to say;
    “I’ll hold your hand if you should stray
    From paths of duty — honor — right—
    The goal we seek is just in sight
    If we but pray.”

    The torch he passed to us we claim
    With pride and courage in his name;
    The crown he won with sweat and tears
    Will lead us on through all the years —
    To peace through love.

    Dear one, who sleeps in hallowed ground
    We cannot — must not — let you down;
    For you who friend and foe acclaim
    The flame eternal will not wane
    But guide us on.

    Your dream must see reality,
    The land you loved not shackled be
    By chains of prejudice and hate —
    But be reborn before too late —
    In Brotherhood.

    I remember watching the news bulletin of Bobby’s assassination with my late mother in June of 1968 when I was 17. Shocked into silence I left the room and cried myself to sleep that night.

    When I awoke I found on my pillow Mom’s hand written tribute to my hero that she had composed the night before to comfort me and the nation.

    Those we love never die. They live on in us, forever.

    Fred Rich LaRiccia

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