Galbraith Recalls “Breathtaking” Kennedy Memorial Speech

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) during an exclusive interview in his Washington, D.C. residence, April 19, 2006. Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor after suffering a seizure over the weekend, his doct... Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) during an exclusive interview in his Washington, D.C. residence, April 19, 2006. Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor after suffering a seizure over the weekend, his doctors said Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT) MORE LESS
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Economist James Galbraith–son of famed economist, and Kennedy-family confidant John Kenneth Galbraith–recalls Kennedy’s fond remembrance of his father, who passed away in 2006.

“Kennedy spoke at my father’s memorial–and I’ve just been looking for it…. He read a passage from the Pilgrim’s Progress at the end of his remarks. The passage itself was totally breathtaking and the way he read it was even more so.”

At that service, Kennedy said Galbraith “meant the world to all of us in the Kennedy family.”

“There might not have been a ‘New Frontier’ without Ken…. In another age he would have been a Founding Father.”

You can view a video of that speech–and the entire Galbraith service–at this link.

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