ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY BORN
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On November 20, 1925, the seventh child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Robert Francis Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. RFK served in the United States Navy in WWII. He earned a degree in government from Harvard in 1948 and in 1950, married Ethel Skakel.
In 1951, Bob Kennedy earned a degree from the University of Virginia Law School and in 1952 served as manager for brother John's campaign for the Senate. In 1953, Bob was on the staff of Joseph McCarthy's subcommittee on investigations and later was Chief Counsel for the Senate Rackets Committee.
In 1960, RFK managed Jack's successful presidential campaign and in 1961 became attorney general. In that position, the JFK Library says that Bobby became JFK's "closest adviser and confidant."
After JFK's death, RFK was elected as a United States senator from the state of New York and in 1968, after having won the California primary in a bid to win the Democratic nomination for President, RFK was shot in Los Angeles.
Robert Kennedy died on June 6, 1968 and was laid to rest in the Kennedy plot at Arlington National Cemetery. During his presidential campaign, RFK spoke out against the war in Vietnam and championed the cause of the poor and downtrodden. In most of his speeches he paraphrased the words of George Bernard Shaw by saying....
'Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say, why not?'
J. Edgar Hoover RFK
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On November 20, 1925, the seventh child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Robert Francis Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. RFK served in the United States Navy in WWII. He earned a degree in government from Harvard in 1948 and in 1950, married Ethel Skakel.
In 1951, Bob Kennedy earned a degree from the University of Virginia Law School and in 1952 served as manager for brother John's campaign for the Senate. In 1953, Bob was on the staff of Joseph McCarthy's subcommittee on investigations and later was Chief Counsel for the Senate Rackets Committee.
In 1960, RFK managed Jack's successful presidential campaign and in 1961 became attorney general. In that position, the JFK Library says that Bobby became JFK's "closest adviser and confidant."
After JFK's death, RFK was elected as a United States senator from the state of New York and in 1968, after having won the California primary in a bid to win the Democratic nomination for President, RFK was shot in Los Angeles.
Robert Kennedy died on June 6, 1968 and was laid to rest in the Kennedy plot at Arlington National Cemetery. During his presidential campaign, RFK spoke out against the war in Vietnam and championed the cause of the poor and downtrodden. In most of his speeches he paraphrased the words of George Bernard Shaw by saying....
'Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say, why not?'
J. Edgar Hoover RFK
May 7, 1963
Photo by Cecil Stoughton
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