{"id":955,"date":"2013-06-07T00:21:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T07:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2019-06-10T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T21:10:07","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-in-la-colonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy in La Colonia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Untitled by sinfronteras, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/8274660301\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8485\/8274660301_171fa5ce09.jpg?resize=500%2C446\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Press-Courier, 28 May 1968<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, forty-five years ago (June 6, 1968), Senator Robert F. Kennedy passed away, a day after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan, when leaving the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy had just given a victory speech for winning California\u2019s Presidential Primary election.<\/p>\n<p>Before the primary election, Kennedy had been traveling around the country campaigning. On May 28, 1968, he stopped in Ventura County. When in the county, he made a campaign stop in the <strong><em>La Colonia<\/em><\/strong> neighborhood of Oxnard.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy was greeted by the local Chicana\/o working-class community. My father, <a href=\"http:\/\/artbylouiemoreno.com\">Louie Moreno<\/a>\u00a0had the opportunity to shake his hand before he entered the <em><strong>Christ of Kings Church<\/strong><\/em> on Cooper Road.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Untitled by sinfronteras, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/8274659469\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8218\/8274659469_d8cf795ceb.jpg?resize=496%2C500\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"496\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Press-Courier, 28 May 1968<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just like his brother, Robert F. Kennedy had a strong connection to the Chicana\/o working-class community. And in <strong><em>La Colonia<\/em><\/strong>, local residents mourned\u00a0his life and death!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Untitled by sinfronteras, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sinfronteras\/9110646467\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7306\/9110646467_ec7d114063.jpg?resize=340%2C500\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"340\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Press-Courier, 6 Jun 1968<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Also, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/frankpbarajas.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/robert-f-kennedy-in-la-colonia-oxnard.html\">Frank Barajas&#8217;s post<\/a> on Kennedy&#8217;s <strong><em>La Colonia<\/em><\/strong> visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c\/s<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/luishmoreno.com\/?p=955\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Robert F. Kennedy in La Colonia!\"><p>Yesterday, forty-five years ago (June 6, 1968), Senator Robert F. Kennedy passed away, a day after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan, when leaving the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy had just given a victory speech for winning California\u2019s Presidential Primary election. Before the primary election, Kennedy had been traveling around the country campaigning. 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