2011.01.21: January 21, 2011: Chris Dodd speaks at Shriver Wake
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Chris Dodd speaks at Shriver Wake
Shriver was the inaugural director of the Peace Corps and helped begin several domestic initiatives during the presidency of his brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He also headed the Special Olympics, following in the footsteps of his late wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Dodd was also close to the Shriver family and served in the Peace Corps during the late 1960s. George McGovern, Shriver's running mate during the 1972 presidential campaign, will also speak at the wake.
Chris Dodd speaks at Shriver Wake
Hoyer, Dodd to speak at Shriver wake
By Jordan Fabian -
01/21/11 02:36 PM ET
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will be among the people eulogizing the late Robert Sargent Shriver on Friday evening.
Shriver, a former Democratic vice presidential nominee, died at the age of 95 on Tuesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The Kennedy relative's wake is being held at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Hoyer and Shriver are both Maryland natives and worked together on disability and education issues over the past several decades.
Shriver was the inaugural director of the Peace Corps and helped begin several domestic initiatives during the presidency of his brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He also headed the Special Olympics, following in the footsteps of his late wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Dodd was also close to the Shriver family and served in the Peace Corps during the late 1960s. George McGovern, Shriver's running mate during the 1972 presidential campaign, will also speak at the wake.
Shriver's daughter, Maria, will deliver closing remarks and serve as a pallbearer alongside her husband, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R).
Shriver's funeral will take place Saturday morning at Our Lady of Mercy in the wealthy Washington suburb of Potomac, Md.
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When this story was posted in June 2011, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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| Peace Corps: The Next Fifty Years As we move into the Peace Corps' second fifty years, what single improvement would most benefit the mission of the Peace Corps? Read our op-ed about the creation of a private charitable non-profit corporation, independent of the US government, whose focus would be to provide support and funding for third goal activities. Returned Volunteers need President Obama to support the enabling legislation, already written and vetted, to create the Peace Corps Foundation. RPCVs will do the rest. |
| How Volunteers Remember Sarge As the Peace Corps' Founding Director Sargent Shriver laid the foundations for the most lasting accomplishment of the Kennedy presidency. Shriver spoke to returned volunteers at the Peace Vigil at Lincoln Memorial in September, 2001 for the Peace Corps 40th. "The challenge I believe is simple - simple to express but difficult to fulfill. That challenge is expressed in these words: PCV's - stay as you are. Be servants of peace. Work at home as you have worked abroad. Humbly, persistently, intelligently. Weep with those who are sorrowful, Care for those who are sick. Serve your wives, serve your husbands, serve your families, serve your neighbors, serve your cities, serve the poor, join others who also serve," said Shriver. "Serve, Serve, Serve. That's the answer, that's the objective, that's the challenge." |
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