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A Campus Is Born on Spot Where RFK Was ShotPosted on Oct 14, 2009
If things had worked out a little differently, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Robert Kennedy was gunned down in 1968, might have become a Wal-Mart or one of Donald Trump’s gaudy creations. Instead, it is now a center of education, home to two elementary schools and, next year, the new Robert F. Kennedy High School. Progress, sure, but there’s something sad about the passing of the Ambassador. The hotel was a Hollywood hot spot dating back to 1921. Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks cut the rug there. It was the home of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, where Frank Sinatra and the Supremes performed. Presidents stayed there. It was the site of the Academy Awards a half-dozen times. So much history. 1921 may not be that old for America, but it’s ancient for Los Angeles. Here’s hoping those kids who never heard of Errol Flynn learn something about the spirits haunting their classrooms. —PS
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By Kevin Gardner, October 15, 2009 at 8:25 am Link to this comment
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It may be a bit premature, but I hope the high school will include in its ciriculum a course on non-violent conflict resolution. RFK’s death marked a sharp turn in a very bad direction for this country. For starters, half the names on the Vietnam Memorial wouldn’t be there had RFK been elected in 1968.
Report thisBy MarthaA, October 14, 2009 at 8:06 am Link to this comment
It should be an honor for students to attend a school where a democratic presidential candidate, who would have been the next President of the United States, gave his life trying to protect democracy.
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