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| Uncle Teddy was on stage talking about old men planting trees. Grandma Eunice was up there too, with 140 more Kennedys seated in white chairs in the soft grass. They had come to honor Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy at the dedication of a greenway named in her honor. The park is in the path of the old elevated Central Artery, which used to carry 200,000 cars a day. Now cars pass underground and young trees are sprouting to life, leaving Rose Kennedy's son, Ted, the perfect opening to allow that the mark of a great society is one in which old men plant trees, though they may not live long enough to enjoy their shade. Below the senator's platform, but not out of his eye, two girls giggled and encouraged each other to inch forward. Francesca Shriver, 9, and her cousin Kathleen Shriver, 10, were armed with Polaroid cameras. "I wanted to get pictures of Grandma Eunice (Kennedy Shriver) and Uncle Teddy" said Francesca, "so I can remind myself of what I did." | |||
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