Picture of the Week #151 "Kennedy, Spellman, & DeSapio, What a Trio" New York City, NY 1965 Signed and StampedI spent some time with Senator Robert Kennedy on St. Patrick's Day in 1965. He was meeting Cardinal Spellman and the Archdiocese of New York in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. They were joined by Carmine DeSapio the youngest leader of the old Tammany Hall. DeSapio was later convicted of conspiracy and bribery and served 2 years in a Fed prison. To have this trio in one image is quite unique. The most powerful Catholic in America, the President's brother and a convicted criminal who had once led the Democratic Party. And I was lucky enough to catch the moment.
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