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Mourners gather in Mass. for Kennedy memorial

Aug. 27, 2009
Mourners lined up early Thursday outside Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, where Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's body will lie in repose after traveling more than 70 miles from his Cape Cod home. Austin Howe, 15, a high school student from Laurel, Md.,...
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Kennedy's body at JFK Library and Museum

Kennedy's body at JFK Library and Museum

BOSTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Eight members of the U.S. military Thursday carried the casket bearing the body of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy into his brother's presidential library in Boston.

JFK's overdue book to go on display

BOSTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The John F. Kennedy Library in Boston said it plans to display a Library of Congress book thought to have been borrowed and never returned by Kennedy.

Ethel Kennedy stumps for Obama

SALEM, N.H., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Ethel Kennedy, the 80-year-old widow of slain 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, is campaigning for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Kennedy confidante, Morrissey, dies

BOSTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Retired Judge Francis X. Morrissey, a longtime confidante of John F. Kennedy, has died in Boston at age 97.

Kennedy Library honors Katrina officials

BOSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston honored two local officials for helping victims of hurricanes and Katrina.

Rose Kennedy's papers released to public

BOSTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The personal papers of Rose Kennedy, the matriarch of the Kennedy clan, were opened to the public Thursday.

JFK Library gets long-sought mementos

BOSTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Long-sought mementos of former President John F. Kennedy, including a Cuban map with "missile sites" scrawled on it, are now in the Kennedy archives.

Kennedy Center to become an arts campus

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) --

JFK Courage award goes to UN's Annan

BOSTON, March 11 (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Dean Koldenhoven, the one-term mayor of Palos Heights, Ill., have been named winners of this year's John F. Kenn

Scare closes Kennedy's Boston office

BOSTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A "threatening letter" forced the closing of the Boston office of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy said all his staffers have been examined for ant
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch