I was in the Navy when word came that President Kennedy had been assassinated, and I’ll never forget that day. Truly, the world grieved as we saw the grief endured by his wife and children. Kennedy had dreamed of “Camelot” and had became an elegant prince charming to many of us. The closest we can come to another President who has evoked the same kind of excitement recently is President Barack Obama. While the Republicans promised to make him a one-term President, he overcame that prediction and served for two terms. Whereas the name Kennedy was added to many buildings and roads, those renames were deemed appropriate as Kennedy had given up his life for this nation. Barack Hussein Obama’s name did not have the same eloquence as the Kennedy name and there were relatively few buildings and roads named for him. While doing research for this blog, I learned that there is a Barack Obama Boulevard in Pehokee, Florida, and an Obama Way in Indiana. We now may add to the list the recently dedicated Barack Obama Main Library in St. Petersburg, Florida. I’ll say amen to that.
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