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Leadership for the 60's

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Hey I'm Meredith and this blog is dedicated to the Kennedy administration. I guess maybe it's a little weird to pay homage to a president who's almost been dead for 50 years, but President Kennedy did more things for this country in two and a half years in office than most do in 8. A president has yet to come along to top him. Instagram: _meremaid
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I studied abroad in Ireland in June. The Irish love John F. Kennedy for obvious reasons; he’s the first catholic president of the U.S.  The Irish have a lot of pride in their heritage and culture, and a big part of that is being Catholic. In Galway Cathedral, a stunning monument to the Roman Catholic church which was built in 1965, they payed tribute to JFK by making a mosaic of him praying.

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It’s been a while! I’ve had a crazy, great first year of college filled with new confidence, friends, and a boyfriend! I’m glad to have the time to be back now :)

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"A sail from Cape Cod to Maine, with a southwest breeze, is a glorious adventure, and it’s a trip that Bobby and I had enjoyed in years past. About twenty miles from Hyannis, you see a sweep of sand dunes. And as the sun descends, only a few lights appear onshore, and so you head off into the darkness. Yet in the darkness you can see well into the distance, once you have learned where and how to look. The Cape gradually disappears, and the shore lights with it. After a while, new distant lights, small and bright, appear in the shoreline. And then the full darkness descends. Seldom is there another boat in sight. And that is the truly magical time of sailing, because the North Star appears: the North Star, which has been the guiding star for all seamen through time. The North Star guides you through the evening. Its light is the most definite thing you can see on the surface of the dark water. And so you have the North Star, and the sound and swell of the shifting water. And sometimes the fog will come in and you must go by the compass for a period. But you are always waiting to see the North Star again, because it is the guide to home port; it is the guide to home. And so the voyage becomes all-inclusive; you are enveloped in the totality of it: you are a part of the beginning, you are a part of the end. You are a part of the ship and a part of the sea. I gazed at the night sky often on those voyages, and thought of Bobby.” - Ted Kennedy

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