{"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":"
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Source: The Press-Courier, 28 May 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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 La Colonia<\/em><\/strong> neighborhood of Oxnard.<\/p>\n

Kennedy was greeted by the local Chicana\/o working-class community. My father, Louie Moreno<\/a>\u00a0had the opportunity to shake his hand before he entered the Christ of Kings Church<\/strong><\/em> on Cooper Road.<\/p>\n

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Source: The Press-Courier, 28 May 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

Just like his brother, Robert F. Kennedy had a strong connection to the Chicana\/o working-class community. And in La Colonia<\/em><\/strong>, local residents mourned\u00a0his life and death!<\/p>\n

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Source: The Press-Courier, 6 Jun 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

Also, check out Frank Barajas’s post<\/a> on Kennedy’s La Colonia<\/em><\/strong> visit.<\/p>\n

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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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