HYANNISPORT — On a very lovely October afternoon, a policeman sat in a cruiser on Marchant Avenue with blue lights flashing. An American flag was lowered to half-staff on the non-public highway that homes the Kennedy compound.
It was becoming as a result of the newest in a line of Kennedys had died hours earlier. Ethel Kennedy, 96, spouse of former U.S. Legal professional Normal Robert F. Kennedy, died Thursday, per week after having a stroke. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 throughout his run for the presidency.
The non-public highway indicators, the police presence and a safety employee could not cease the few vehicles who tried to get a glimpse of the compound. Ethel Kennedy, her household and the prolonged Kennedy household have held the nation’s consideration for many years. Some folks had been curious. Some had heard the information about Ethel Kennedy’s loss of life and needed to pay their respects.
‘The Kennedy mystique’
Susan Montemayor was one among them.
“I watched the documentary about Ethel,” Montemayor mentioned. “She was a really attention-grabbing lady. It is the Kennedy mystique.”
She and her husband, Leo, had come to the Cape from Chicago for a fall journey. Her father had been a democratic precinct captain in Chicago again within the day. She met President John F. Kennedy in an airport when she was two. She needed to take an image.
Within the neighborhood of the compound, pink roses on rosebushes at a well-kept dwelling had been nonetheless colourful, however their scent was faint. Grasses rustled in a slight wind. A number of hundred toes away, one other American flag was at half-mast. The blue of Hyannis Harbor lay within the distance. A blue and white boat bobbed within the water.
The water has at all times been a respite for the Kennedy household.
A sail on Thursday
This present day was no totally different. Two of Ethel’s kids, Max Kennedy and Rory Kennedy, went out into Hyannis Harbor on a sailboat within the afternoon.
A number of vehicles edged their manner down Dale Avenue however had been advised to maintain driving previous Marchant Avenue. An Amazon supply driver was let by way of. So was a girl dropping off groceries.
A lady walked by. She hadn’t heard the information about Ethel Kennedy dying. “It is a part of life,” she mentioned.
Jaime Hughes and one other lady stood at a break up rail fence wanting down Marchant Avenue. The West Barnstable resident mentioned she’d learn a couple of books about Ethel Kennedy.
“I feel she’s accomplished lots of nice issues,” Hughes mentioned.
Denise Coffey writes about enterprise, tourism and points impacting the Cape’s residents and guests. Contact her atdcoffey@capecodonline.com .
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