Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009)
Funeral Schedule of Events

Senator Edward M. Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum beginning, Thursday, August 27, 2009.

The Senator will be joined throughout the day and night by a civilian honor guard of family, friends, and current and former staff.

 
He will also be joined by a military honor guard.

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Visiting hours for the public will be on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m.to 11:00 p.m. and on Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
 
Public wishing to sign the condolence books can do so from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.
 
The Museum will close on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. and re-open on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
 
Parking and Transportation

The Public is encouraged to use public transportation to the Kennedy Presidential Library. Special shuttle service will be available from the JFK/UMass T Stop on the MBTA Red Line from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
 
Free Satellite Parking will also be available at the Bayside Expo Center from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Special shuttle service will be available for those parking at the Bayside Expo Center to the Kennedy Presidential Library.
 
Please Note: There will be no parking available to the public at the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
 No backpacks will be allowed in the building.

Thursday Motorcade Route to Boston

Click here for map of motorcade. 

• Senator Kennedy will travel Route 3 North to Route 93 North into Boston.   (Approximately 3:00 p.m.)
• Senator Kennedy will exit at Government Center, and travel down Hanover Street into the North End, past St. Stephen's Church, where his mother Rose was baptized and her funeral mass celebrated.
• Continuing down Hanover and crossing over the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, the park Senator Kennedy joined community leaders in creating that gives mothers and their children green space in the heart of the city. The park sits on the same land young Rose Fitzgerald enjoyed as a child.
• Senator Kennedy will pass Faneuil Hall where Mayor Menino will ring the bell 47 times.
• Continuing to Bowdoin Street, Senator Kennedy will pass 122 Bowdoin, where he opened his first office as an Assistant District Attorney and President Kennedy lived while running for Congress in 1946.
• The motorcade will pass the JFK Federal Building where Senator Kennedy's Boston office has stood for decades, and then travel to Dorchester Street into South Boston and to the JFK Presidential Library.
• People who wish to honor Senator Kennedy are urged to line the motorcade route at the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, City Hall Plaza and the Boston Common, in front of the Statehouse on Park Street.
• The motorcade will arrive at the JFK Library at approximately 4:00 pm.
   
  The JFK Library will open to the public for visitation at 6:00 pm on Thursday.
  For more information, visit these websites.
   www.tedkennedy.org | www.kennedyinstitute.org
  

Courtesy JFK Presidential Library & Museum