6,000 Jam Kleinhans, Go Wild Over Bobby and Memory of JFK
Bobby Kennedy gets a rock star welcome at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo on Sept. 8, 1964. (Buffalo News file photo)
10 months after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, his brother Bobby got the blessing of New York Democrats to run for the U.S. Senate.
On Sept. 8, 1964, a crowd of 6,000 jammed into Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, giving the candidate a rock star’s welcome.
The Buffalo Evening News article about the Kleinhans rally (excerpt) by Jack Meddoff, The News’ political reporter for 40 years.