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Old 08-27-2009, 04:48 PM
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The crazy thing is, it's not so amazing for Boston. It's hard to accurately describe how much that city (and the Commonwealth, for that matter) loves the Kennedy family. It's something you don't fully get unless you've lived in Boston, or in MA. Today is essentially a Commonwealth Day of Mourning.
I know it's not completely the same, but when this guy died, my whole state mourned. Tens of thousands of people showed up at the beach for his funeral (seen at the end of the video).

True, I'm not from Boston or from MA, but I definitely know how it feels to collectively mourn for a native son.
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