Bostonians Remember Ted

Sen. Ted Kennedy may be remembered as the lion of the Senate, but for
Massachusetts residents he was a local hero. As his motorcade traveled
from the family compound in Cape Cod to the JFK Library in Boston on
Thursday, it passed many monuments that marked the Kennedys' lives. His body passed the St. Stephen's Church, where his mother was
baptized and her funeral held; Bowdoin Street where he worked as a young
district attorney; and Faneuil Hall, where he announced his bid for the
presidency in 1980. There, citizens gathered while the mayor of
Boston rang the Faneuil Hall bell 47 times—each marking a year Kennedy
served the state in the U.S. Senate. And as he went, just as the coffin
of his brother Robert F. Kennedy was mourned as it traversed the nation
on a train, Bostonians gathered in tribute. Red Sox fans packed
Fenway Park on Wednesday night to listen to "Taps" in honor of Kennedy;
others gathered outside the JFK Museum.