January 23, 2011 – Peace Corps Worldwide

A Writer Writes: The Chronicle of Sargent Shriver

Jan 23 2011

The Chronicle of Sargent Shriver By Thomas Hebert (Nigeria 1962-64) Unlike the death of John or Robert Kennedy, Elvis Presley, the beginning of the 1968 North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, or the Watergate Break-in, I confess I can’t remember where I was when I learned of Sargent Shriver’s death. It’s taken some days for this passage to sink in, become knowable. But it comes back. You see, in an earlier time, I wrote a bit of something about this American and his contributions to our life. My words appear in a long-ago Job Application and a writing sample, below, which I included with it. The position: The National Chronicler (Senior Executive Service, by Presidential Appointment). Closing date: June 15, 1995. Unfortunately that Clinton-era initiative never went beyond seeking applicants. It was quickly submerged in Republican assaults on the Administration. Few remember the story. (The entire annotated Position Description will be published . . .

Dennis Grubb's Notes from Sarge's wake and funeral Mass

Jan 23 2011

[Dennis Grubb (Colombia 1961-63) send me these notes from the Wake and Mass] Friday: At Holy Trinity Church , Georgetown ( JFK’s neighborhood church) along with several hundred “Shriver friends, exPCV’s, Special Olympics staff , exOEO staff “” 5 children, 19 grandchildren, the ex Governor of California . Along with many RPCV’s ( Jerry Critchley, Georgina McGuire, Maureen Carroll) and I attended the wake and eulogies for Sarge. Barney Hopewell and Dan Wemoff of my Group were cited in the early condolence line and before the official program began at 6:45 C-Span was there and if you are interested in the eulogies delivered by Bill Moyers, Chris Dodd, Maureen Orth ( Colombia XIII), Steny Hoyer ( D-MD) ,C.Payne Lucas (PC Director-Africa),and Washington Post columnist Coleman McCarthy check the C-Span achieves. Saturday: At the unique mass for Sarge at Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac , Maryland about 10 miles from . . .

Eulogies from the Funeral

Jan 23 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SMfHhRROg&NR=1 http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/01/22/funeral.mark.shriver.pool (The CNN videos are great eulogies at the Funeral, especially Clinton’s)

At Sarge's Wake

Jan 23 2011

Don Beil (Somalia 1964–66) shares thoughts on the wake held for Sargent Shriver in Washington, DC this past Friday. • Robert Sargent Shriver Wake Open to the public Friday, January 21 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Catholic Church Washington, D.C. THE CHURCH DOORS DID NOT OPEN UNTIL 4:00 p.m., so having arrived 20 long minutes early I stood outside with a small group of mourners in the bitter cold. A handful of photographers and videographers waited across the street. For unknown reasons, other than to have something to keep them moving in the cold — even if it was only a finger — they took pictures of the short line. Perhaps it was my uneasiness at being this close to something religious that signaled something of interest to them. Accompanied by police sirens, a hearse arrived followed by a large white limousine-labeled bus. Shrivers, apparently — for most are . . .

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