According to the special twitter account 25,000 people paid respects to Senator Edward Kennedy on Thursday night August 27th 2009. Relatives of Senator Edward Kennedy a special twitter account to communicate with mourners. One tweet went as follows.
“Estimating 25,000 people paid their respects to Sen. Kennedy tonight. We could not be more grateful for the amazing support. Thank you.”
THE KENNEDY FAMILY USE OF TWITTER BY PASSES TRADITIONAL NEWS SOURCES:. INCREASINGLY FAMILIES ARE USING TWITTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH WELL WISHERS.
Now the 77-year-old’s relatives are reaching out directly to Twitter users through the newly-established @kennedynews feed.
The account posted frequent updates from the vigil at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum on Thursday, when local Bostonians joined the politician’s family and friends in saying goodbye to one of the leading forces in US politics over the past 40 years….
The feed describes itself as the “official account of the Kennedy family and staff”, and has been verified by Twitter as genuine, following a spate of fake “celebrity” accounts. It had attracted 5,000 followers within 24 hours of going live.
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So much of his “The Dream Shall Never Die” speech is relevant now. It makes me sad that so many Americans do not know how much it was really Senator Edward Kennedy that advanced the dreams of his brothers into reality.
I put together some of the audio of the speech, accompanied it with images and ideas that highlight some of his accomplishments, and put it into a video. The following page also has information on the 6 (of 13 or a minority) Democratic senators in the Senate Finance Committee who are holding up the Kennedy Health Care act.
http://ipolity.com/wiki/index.php?page=TDP+Health+Care