[PRR-talk] Witnesses of RFK funeral train

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The PRRT&HS has been approached by Lichen Films to assist in their quest
for locating witnesses of the RFK funeral train. See below -
 


Do you remember where you were on June 8 1968?

 

That was the day Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train carried his coffin
from New York to Washington D.C. to be buried beside his brother in
Arlington cemetery.  Now, almost 40 years on, a Scotland-based film
company Lichen Films is producing a major documentary feature film, and
we are looking for people who came out to pay their last respects that
day. Bobby Kennedy was on the brink of becoming the Democratic candidate
in that year's presidential elections when he was tragically
assassinated in a Los Angeles hotel. Just three days after winning the
crucial Democratic primary in California, RFK's body was taken by train
from New York to Washington for burial. Hundreds of thousands of people
lined the tracks that hot June day in a spontaneous outpouring of grief
and admiration for one of the most popular politicians of his era, whose
life had been cut short at the age of just 42.

 

We are looking for witnesses of Robert Kennedy's funeral train, and we
would like to speak to you about your memories about that day.  If you
were witness of RFK's funeral train on June 8, 1968, please contact the
American-based researcher, Sheila Maniar. Thank you for your assistance.

 

EMail: samaniar at earthlink.net

 

Telephone: (212) 691-3682

                                                   

 

 

 

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