robert f. kennedy

     

Representing Massachusetts' 8th District, Joseph P. Kennedy is the son of this late New York senator

Trivia about robert f. kennedy

  • This senator had 11 kids, including Michael, Joseph, Kathleen, Max & Robert Jr.
  • He served as Attorney General under John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Congress honored this slain U.S. senator from New York on a 1997 commemorative silver dollar
  • After the 1968 N.H. primary this Democrat announced his candidacy; 3 months later, he was assassinated
  • A simple white cross marks the grave of this Attorney General, buried near his brother in 1968
  • In March 2003 his assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was denied parole for the 12th time
  • He's heard here in a speech the night of Martin Luther King's murder"What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another."
  • The magnificent Ambassador Hotel, where he was fatally shot on June 5, 1968, closed its doors in 1989
  • L.A. spent about $600 million to turn the Ambassador Hotel into a K-12 school complex named for this late politician

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