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Throngs Turn Out to Bid Kennedy Farewell

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(Newser) – Thousands of constituents and admirers turned out this afternoon to honor Ted Kennedy as a motorcade bearing the senator's body from his Cape Cod home to his brother's presidential library wound through the streets of Boston. Some wept, some applauded as both locals and out-of-towners flooded to say goodbye. "We’re his family,” one Bostonian told the Globe. “We loved him so much, and we’ll miss him so much."

An honor guard loads the casket of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy into a hearse at the Kennedy compound today in Hyannis Port, Mass..
An honor guard loads the casket of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy into a hearse at the Kennedy compound today in Hyannis Port, Mass..   (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
Edward Kennedy Jr., son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and his wife, Kiki, ride with other family members as the Kennedy motorcade as it passes through Boston this afternoon.
Edward Kennedy Jr., son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and his wife, Kiki, ride with other family members as the Kennedy motorcade as it passes through Boston this afternoon.   (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
Victoria Kennedy, left, widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, waves as his motorcade passes through Boston this afternoon.
Victoria Kennedy, left, widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, waves as his motorcade passes through Boston this afternoon.   (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
A hearse carrying the body of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy travels along Atlantic Avenue today en route to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.
A hearse carrying the body of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy travels along Atlantic Avenue today en route to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
An honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Edward Kennedy to a hearse at the Kennedy compound today in Hyannis Port, Mass.
An honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Edward Kennedy to a hearse at the Kennedy compound today in Hyannis Port, Mass.   (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
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