The tributes
were few two days ago. It was John F. Kennedy's birthday. It is the day that the
Kennedy family would prefer people remember the slain president, but most
remember November 22nd, the day he was assassinated in Dallas. The family understands
the need and desire of many to honor the fallen president, but they prefer the
memory of JFK be focused on the day of his birth, May 29th.
That may
take a long time, for there are so many of us alive today who remember that November
day. Only when the generation is gone to whom the torch was passed, might the memory
move from his death to his birth.
We honor
Lincoln on his birthday and not the day he died.
Very few
remember that assassinated President James Garfield died on September 19th.
William
McKinley's assassination date is now generally forgotten. He died on a
September 14th.
It takes time to bury pain and change an
ache to honor. It takes time to have tragic memory stand without sorrow. The
Kennedy family has learned, through many tears, that once you acknowledge the
death, you must let it go and remember the life.
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