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lapfog_1

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3. The Day Robert Kennedy got shot down

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:18 PM

Jun 9

The world was wearing a deeper frown
And though I knew that we'd lost a friend
I always believed we would win in the end

( Post World War 2 Blues - Al Stewart )

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On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 OP

I remember. niyad Jun 9 #1

Agree SARose Jun 9 #2

The Day Robert Kennedy got shot down lapfog_1 Jun 9 #3

Whereas RFK Jr's funeral should involve a plywood casket being tossed into a pauper's grave. Crowman2009 Jun 9 #4