Officials at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are expected to announce plans today to change the name of the school’s cadet training ship to honor the Kennedy family.
“We’ve got five Kennedys here who have truly been inspiring public leaders and public servants to the people of Cape Cod,” said Admiral Rick Gurnon, president of the school in Buzzards Bay.
He said that US Representative William D. Delahunt proposed the idea to him about a month ago, partly to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
"In light of the senator's many accomplishments and in recognition of the public service contributions of the entire Kennedy family to the people of our country and especially our neighbors on Cape Cod, I propose we honor the family by renaming the ship," Delahunt wrote in a letter to Gurnon last month.
“In light of the senator’s many accomplishments”???!!!!
Is the “Chappaquiddick incident” on the list of accomplishments?
H/T Sondrak