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[[File:Mary-jo-kopechne.jpg|thumb|241px|right|File photo of Mary Jo Kopechne <br>''Photo courtesy Spartacus Educational (UK) from their [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKkopechne.htm biography] of Miss Kopechne'']]

[[File:Chappaquiddick Kennedy Car 25.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Dyke Bridge at Chappaquiddick Island, with Senator Ted Kennedy's car on the shore below, July 19, 1969]]

'''Chappaquiddick''' is the name of a small island, about six square miles, just off of [[Martha's Vineyard]] south of [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]]. Most of it is conservation land held by the Trustees of Reservations, a private organization.

'''Chappaquiddick''' is the name of a small island, about six square miles, just off of [[Martha's Vineyard]] south of [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]]. Most of it is conservation land held by the Trustees of Reservations, a private organization.

==The death of Mary Jo Kopechne==

==The death of Mary Jo Kopechne==

 

It is most famous as the location of an event known as the "Chappaquiddick incident," or simply "Chappaquiddick."  The narrow bridge connecting Chappaquiddick Island to Martha's Vineyard was the location of the death of a young woman, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], in a car driven by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] on July 19, 1969.  This became one of the most famous political events of the late 20th century and likely prevented Ted Kennedy, the brother of [[President John F. Kennedy]], from ever becoming president himself. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/07/16/flashback-john-john-was-no-sun-god-chappaquiddick-was-kopechne-tragedy NewsBusters; Flashback: John John Was No 'Sun God,' Chappaquiddick Was a Kopechne Tragedy]</ref>

It is most famous as the location of an event known as the "Chappaquiddick incident," or simply "Chappaquiddick."  The narrow bridge connecting Chappaquiddick Island to Martha's Vineyard was the location of the death of a young woman, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], in a car driven by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] on July 19, 1969.  This became one of the most famous political events of the late 20th century and likely prevented Ted Kennedy, the brother of [[President John F. Kennedy]], from ever becoming president himself. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/07/16/flashback-john-john-was-no-sun-god-chappaquiddick-was-kopechne-tragedy NewsBusters; Flashback: John John Was No 'Sun God,' Chappaquiddick Was a Kopechne Tragedy]</ref>