Robert and Ethel Kennedy
Ethel Skakel Kennedy is the widow of former U.S. Attorney General
(1961- 1964) and New York Senator (1965 – 1968) Robert F. Kennedy
who was assassinated while campaigning for President in 1968.
After her husband’s death, Kennedy continued to live at the family
home, Hickory Hill, in McLean, Virginia, until December 2009, when
it was sold for $8.25 million. Ethel never remarried.
Apr. 25, 1969
Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983)
Tom McCall was the Republican governor of Oregon for two terms from
1967 to 1975. Prior to his political career, McCall worked in the city room
of The Oregonian from behind a typewriter and was also a well respected
radio and television journalist.
Tom McCall and family hit the campaign trail in 1964
Historic speech given by Oregon Governer, Tom McCall, on
August 25th, 1970.
The Christmas kettle is The Salvation Army‘s famous street
campaign, a tradition that started in 1891, in SanFrancisco
by the Christian organizations Captain Joseph McFee. He
was determined to provide a free Christmas dinner to the
area’s poor.
Captain Joseph McFee
