JFK'S SISTER EUNICE MARRIES SARGENT SHRIVER
New York City (JFK+50) On May 23, 1953, Eunice Kennedy*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and sister of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, was married to Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. at St. Patrick's Cathedral here in New York City.
Francis Cardinal Spellman officiated the nuptial mass. The bride wore a white Christian Dior gown with a fitted bodice.
Upon Eunice's passing, the Shriver family issued this statement...
"She was a living prayer, a living advocate, a living center of power. She set out to change the world and to change us and she did that and more."
*Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) was born in Brookline, MA & graduated from Stanford University. EMKS worked in the State Dept & Justice Dept & also did social work. She was an advocate for children's health & disabilities. Eunice founded the Special Olympics in 1968.
New York City (JFK+50) On May 23, 1953, Eunice Kennedy*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and sister of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, was married to Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. at St. Patrick's Cathedral here in New York City.
Francis Cardinal Spellman officiated the nuptial mass. The bride wore a white Christian Dior gown with a fitted bodice.
Upon Eunice's passing, the Shriver family issued this statement...
"She was a living prayer, a living advocate, a living center of power. She set out to change the world and to change us and she did that and more."
*Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) was born in Brookline, MA & graduated from Stanford University. EMKS worked in the State Dept & Justice Dept & also did social work. She was an advocate for children's health & disabilities. Eunice founded the Special Olympics in 1968.
Governor Frank Clement, Rose Kennedy
Eunice and Sargent Shriver
Founding of the JFK Center
May 29, 1965
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