Vicki Kennedy and family attend groundbreaking ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute

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Vicki Kennedy, widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and family are showing at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Friday. The site is located next to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

Other members of the Kennedy family were also there including Ted Kennedy Jr. and his wife Kiki, Kara Kennedy Allen and Kara's children Max Allen and Grace Allen, former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy, former ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and her husband Edwin Schlossberg. Also shown above helping Mrs. Kennedy shove dirt are former U.S. Senator Paul Kirk, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino.