The Cathedral was open to the public for two days and ... and joined the throng waiting on line to file past Robert Kennedy’s casket. It was 80 degrees a little after 10:00 a.m. and just over ...

The news of April 4, 1968, was like a body blow to Senator Robert Kennedy ... leader lay in an open casket. They met privately with his widow. Mrs. King and Ethel Kennedy hugged upon meeting ...