I entered Barrington High School in fall, 1960. Shortly after the school year began. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts stopped and gave a short talk on the front steps of the high school. I estimate I stood ten feet away from him. I thought President Eisenhower was an old old man who needed to pass the baton to a new generation. And so he did, in a highlight of my freshman year.
Count ahead and you will realize that the term of President Kennedy followed my four years at
Barrington, and during his run for re-election I was a senior. The day he was assassinated in Dallas is etched deeply into my memory; for that matter the entire weekend is. To visit Arlington National Cemetery is, to me, a visit to the grave of a highly inspirational President. Rest in peace, JFK.
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The three brothers, torn apart by two brutal murders, now reunited in death and in Arlington National Cemetery. One President, one candidate for the office who could well have saved us from the mess of the Nixon term of office, and one who was much more cut out for the Senate and who spent a wonderful long career there. Sen. Kennedy, you represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with distinction and you were a Senator for all Americans who believe in the hopes and dreams of the forefathers.
