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Keith Collar Clark (November 21, 1927 – January 11, 2002) [2] was a bugler in the United States Army who played the call "Taps" at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. He misplayed the sixth note, and to many this mistake was a poignant symbol of the American nation in mourning. [3]
Several elements of the state funeral paid tribute to President Kennedy's service in the Navy during World War II. [28] [29] They included a member of the Navy bearing the presidential flag, [30] the playing of the Navy Hymn, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," [31] and the Naval Academy Glee Club performing at the White House. [32] [33]
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and his state funeral took place on November 25, 1963, in Washington, D.C. As President Kennedy lay in state, foreign dignitaries—including heads of state and government and members of royal families—started to arrive in Washington to attend the state funeral on Monday. [1]
The ragtag members of the Kennedy clan turned out Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy — the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, and the last link to the family's days of "Camelot" in the White House.
Ethel Kennedy's funeral took place Monday on Cape Cod.. The family matriarch, philanthropist and wife of assassinated former United States Attorney General and presidential candidate Robert F ...
Ethel Kennedy is being remembered by those who loved her most.. Ethel, the widow of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, died at age 96 on Oct. 10 from complications related to a stroke. After her husband ...
The caisson bearing the casket of John F. Kennedy moving down the White House drive on the way to St. Matthew's Cathedral on November 25, 1963.. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and ...
U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard has the Nov. 22-23, 1963, newspapers from The Daily Oklahoman, OKC Times, Oklahoma Daily, Washington Post and the Dallas Morning News on the Kennedy assassination.