Luminaries to celebrate Kennedy's life

Aug 29th, 2009 - Philly

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The event, billed as "a celebration of life," will contrast with the solemnity of the motorcade that carried Kennedy's body from Cape Cod to Boston a day earlier and the sobriety of the public viewing, where tens of thousands of people filed past the senator's flag-draped coffin at the presidential library named for one of his slain brothers.

The event will honor Kennedy's love of family and friends and his commitment to public service. Scheduled speakers include Vice President Joe Biden; Sens. John McCain, Orrin Hatch, John Kerry and Christopher Dodd; and niece Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy.

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