Guest Room: A Memory of Senator Ted Kennedy

A shared memory of Senator Ted Kennedy by Paul Redmond. Paul is my former neighbor in pastoral Windham, New Hampshire; his late father was a former Massachusetts congressman who worked alongside the Kennedy family.

“I just woke from a sound sleep to the impending news from CNN of the loss of our nation’s most beloved statesman…Edward Moore Kennedy…friend of the average, champion of the poor, unfortunate, and unrepresented, but more importantly the discarded and forgotten constituents of our world.

His passing has crushed anyone who has hailed as a native from the Bay state, the U.S., or who has benefited from his unwavering duty to public service. It was expected, yet still heart breaking. He was a great patriarch to his family. He alone remained as the legacy of our nation’s most unexpected and painful chapter in the loss of his brothers.

My family had the privilege of working with him, his brothers, and the Kennedy ideals. We had the privilege of being Kennedy Democrats. We will never forget the impact of his and his family’s influence and duty to our country. We have lost an incredible American.”

Paul Redmond
Windham, NH