i still remember how i felt that grim day, watching robert kennedy s funeral train, as i write in my book the faces of those along the tracks are his legacy, black and white, many of them poor, they believed in him. his bravery elevated national opty mimgs and his death left america with a feeling of shared devastation. where his brother s majestic funeral had a terrible beauty, robert s farewell held no pageantry, only loss. i think my mother was really good about, it happened, live your life and go on. at arlington national cemetery, robert kennedy s grave site reflects none of the splendor of his dreams, instead visitors are placed with a simple plaque and plain white cross of sacrifice and hope.
coast to washington, d.c., as robert kennedy s funeral train passed, many of them saluting, many of them holding the american flag. many of them with their hand over their hearts, they were not forced to do this. they did it because they loved the country and they were caught in the spirit of the moment, the sadness and the tragedy and the sense of loss. they weren t forced to do this. there wasn t a president then who said you have to do this and unless you do this, you are unpatriotic. there was no one like that on the scene. but there is today. you know, mika, those men that stormed the beaches of normandy ois day, in 1944, for to hoist the american flag on the top of those cliffs and march towards berlin and hitler,
the funeral train traveled from washington, d.c., through pennsylvania and new york, and on to springfield, illinois. in the coming months, booth s co-conspirators are tried and executed, making mary surratt the first and only woman ever hanged by the federal government. david herold, george atzerodt, lewis powell, and, mary surratt, you have been sentenced to hang. with a single bullet, john wilkes booth takes the life of abraham lincoln, but he can t erase what the president and the union army have accomplished. the united states of america has taken its first stride towards true equality, and the legacy of abraham lincoln, the man who redefines what it means to be an american, will live on. one-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves.
the funeral train traveled from washington, d.c., through pennsylvania and new york, and on to springfield, illinois. in the coming months, booth s co-conspirators are tried and executed, making mary surratt the first and only woman ever hanged by the federal government. david herold, george atzerodt, lewis powell, and, mary surratt, you have been sentenced to hang. with a single bullet, john wilkes booth takes the life of abraham lincoln, but he can t erase what the president and the union army have accomplished. the united states of america has taken its first stride towards true equality, and the legacy of abraham lincoln, the man who redefines what it means to be an american, will live on. one-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves.
as i write in my new book, the faces of those along the tracks are his legacy. black and white, many of them poor, they believed in him. his bravery elevated national optimism, and his death left america with a feeling of shared devastation. where his brother s majestic funeral had displayed a terrible beauty, robert s farewell held no pageantry, only loss. i think my mother was really good about, it happened. live your life and go on. at arlington national cemetery, his grave site reflects none of the splendors of his dreams, but visitors are faced with a simple class and a plain white cross of sacrifice and of hope. do i want to look at the 50th anniversary and talk about his