Aug. 28
A young visitor salutes the flag-draped casket of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during a public viewing at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.
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Aug. 28
American flags adorn storefronts across from the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Roxbury section of Boston where the funeral service for Sen. Kennedy will be held.
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Aug. 28
Mementos from well-wishers are placed outside the entrance to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston where Sen. Edward Kennedy lies in repose.
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Aug. 28
Thousands of people paid their respects to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), passing by his casket where his body lies in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library. The Massachusetts senator died Tuesday.
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Aug. 28
The late senator's wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, right, receives a hug from a friend at the JFK Library. She has been known as the woman who rescued Ted Kennedy 18 years ago -- saved him from his drinking and womanizing, saved him from himself, saved his career.
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Aug. 28
Victoria Reggie Kennedy sits next to Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). She was a 37-year-old lawyer and divorced single mom when she re-met the late senator at a family party. Her Louisiana family had known him for years, and she briefly interned in his office as a young woman. They married in July 1992.
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Aug. 28
Cousins of the senator kneel to pray by his coffin. Kennedy's family is of the Catholic faith.
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Aug. 28
Thousands of people wait in line to pay their respects at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The Kennedy family will hold a private memorial service Friday evening and a mass on Saturday morning, before flying the senator's body to Washington.
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Aug. 28
Kennedy's daughter, Kara, center, alongside her daughter Grace, right, greets people lined up to offer condolences outside the library.
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Aug. 28
Anette Jenkins, a Chilean immigrant, mourns Kennedy's legacy on immigration policy. One of the first pieces of legislation Kennedy sponsored raised immigration quotas into America.
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Aug. 28
Reporters gather outside the library to document the show of support towards the senator and his family.
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Aug. 28
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to media and the public before entering the library to pay his respects. Kennedy voted for the Voting Rights Act in 1964 and other civil rights bills throughout his career in the Senate.
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Aug. 28
Congolese woman Jackie Kalonji carries the flag of Congo in front of the library in Boston. Kennedy's work affected the rights of women, African Americans and other minorities.
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Aug. 27
Caroline Kennedy, the neice of the Sen. Kennedy, left, greets the public outside the John F. Kennedy Library.
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August 27
More than 21,000 people stood in a long, snaking line overnight at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, officials said, to pay respects to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and family.
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August 27
Max Kennedy Jr., embraces a visitor outside of the library. Kennedy family members came out to personally greet and thank the thousands of people who came for the viewing.
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August 27
Robert Kennedy Jr., and wife Mary, far left, greet visitors waiting in line to enter the library. The day that Kennedy was moved from the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., to Boston had an end-of-an-era feel as the patriarch of the Kennedy family began one last, poignant journey.
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August 27
Kiley Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, Jr., greets visitors. Thousands awaited the somber motorcade that delivered Kennedy to Boston. The late senator will lie in repose there until his funeral Mass in Boston and burial at Arlington on Saturday.
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August 27
Ted's wife Victoria Kennedy hugs a well-wisher outside the library in the evening hours. Victoria, who goes by Vicki, greeted mourners with affectionate, grateful hugs -- much to the chagrin of security people who were trying to keep the line moving.
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August 27
Thousands line up outside the library waiting to add their names to the rapidly filling books of condolence, file past the casket and become part of the historical record of the final chapter in Kennedy's remarkable life.
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August 27
Robert Kennedy Jr., greets visitors waiting in line outside of the the library. Bobby is known for his radio show on Air America Radio Network and environmental activism.
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August 27
June Leonard, 62, of Boston stands in line to view the casket with "Teddy," her stuffed teddy bear in honor of the Kennedy. She says she has met the senator many times and even campaigned for JFK as a teenager.
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August 27
Mourners line up outside the presidential library. One local said, "I'd see him walking every time I'd go out.... He was a local guy, a local person."
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August 27
Massachusetts residents enter the library to sign condolence books and walk by the casket. Kennedy's funeral will take place at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood, where new sidewalks were being laid and a nearby building received a fresh coat of red paint in anticipation of Saturday's Mass.
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August 27
Condolence books were quickly filled as thousands of mourners wrote their final goodbyes to one of the longest-serving senators in history.
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Aug. 27
Visitors file into the JFK Library to view the casket of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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August 27
A U.S. military honor guard stands watch over the senator's casket at the library. The honor guard escorted the casket and motorcade from the family compound in Hyannis Port to Boston.
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August 27
Vicki Kennedy spoke with many members of the public who came to pay their respects to her late husband. Vicki has been known as the woman who helped Ted Kennedy battle through personal adversity during the end of his career.
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August 27
The casket is surrounded by the honor guard as the public files past. An invitation-only memorial service will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
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August 27
Vicki Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy, nephew to the senator, welcome visitors to the presidential library. Beginning in the spring, Vicki helped her husband say goodbye to those closest to him, and together they planned his funeral.
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August 27
The Kennedy family follows Kennedy's casket into the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Mass.. The casket will be open for a public wake Thursday evening.
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The Kennedy family watches a military guard carry Kennedy's casket. Kennedy's wife Vicki, front right, leads the group. To her left is Kennedy's sister Jean.
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Kara Kennedy, the senator's daughter, Kara's daughter and Kara's son Teddy Kennedy III, and the senator's son Patrick Kennedy watch as the family patriarch is carried to the public wake.
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Chris Mason, of Cambridge, Mass., carries his hand written sentiments along the procession route. Bostonians lined up along the route to pay their respects to their senator and his family.
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The motorcade makes its way through downtown Boston. The procession approaches Congress Street and Hanover to round the corner in front of Faneuil Hall, where Kennedy announced his bid for the presidency in 1980.
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Maria Shriver, Kennedy's niece, passes by during the funeral procession. A half-dozen limousines and sport-utility vehicles were enlisted to drive the family to the library.
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Sharon Arzu, left, and Geraldine Waston hold up a sign along the procession route. Approximately 1,000 residents lined up in the library parking lot to show their condolences.
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The motorcade passes by Faneuil Hall. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino honored the funeral cortege by ringing the 143-year-old bell that tops the building 47 times -- once for each year Kennedy represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.
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A woman waves a flag as the motorcade drives by. Bostonians lined up along the route hours before the motorcade left Hyannis Port to claim a prime viewing spot.
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Joe Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, touches the hearse containing the casket of his uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. The senator mentored many of his nieces and nephews after his two brothers died.
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A military honor guard removes the body of U.S. Senator Kennnedy from the family compound in Hyannis Port. The military guard and about a dozen police escorted the motorcade from Hyannis to Boston.
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Family and friends watch at right as the honor guard carries Kennedy out of the house, that once belonged to Kennedy's mother, and into the hearse. Before the motorcade procession, Rev. Donald MacMillan, a minister at Boston College, lead a private mass for the family.
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Vicki Kennedy, Kennedy's wife, watches as the casket is moved from the family compound. Vicki would send emails to friends, family and colleagues on the status of her husband as he battled a brain tumor.
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The casket is carried out of the family compound by members of a U.S. military honor guard. The motorcade will make the hours-long trip from Hyannis to Boston, passing by historic stations of Kennedy's life, including Faneuil Hall, where he announced his bid for the presidency in 1980 and St. Stephen's Church, where his mother, Rose, was baptized and her funeral Mass celebrated.
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Kennedy's daughter Kara Kennedy Allen is hugged by a family member as she stands with her brothers, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, left, Edward Kennedy Jr., second from right, and Edward's wife Katherine, far right. Kennedy often prayed at a Catholic church in Boston while Kara, was being treated for lung cancer at a nearby hospital.
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy, (D-R.I.), son of the senator, hugs a family member while talking to Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Kennedy's nephew, left, at the Kennedy compound. Over the years, Kennedy would ask his secretaries to call all the schools of both his own children and and those of his deceased brothers to get lists of scheduled activities. Kennedy tried to attend as many of these events as possible.
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The hearse containing the body of Kennedy prepares to leave Hyannis Port. A public wake is scheduled Thursday evening at John F. Kennedy public library in Boston and private memorial service will be held Friday evening.
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Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor Sam Funt
Text Editor Emily Kotecki, Sarah Lovenheim
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