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President Kennedy was the first president in more than 30 years to lie in state in the rotunda, the last being Taft in 1930, [80] and the first Democrat to lie in state at the Capitol. [81] Mrs. Kennedy's decision to have her husband buried at Arlington meant the two most recent presidents to lie in state in the Capitol would be buried at ...
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 ...
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]
Back in 1962, Prince Philip attended the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, held three days after JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. At the time of the assassination, Queen Elizabeth was ...
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.
Jacqueline Kennedy lit a taper from a candle held by a nearby soldier, and then brought the eternal flame to life at the end of the burial service. [29] Kennedy's brothers, Robert and Ted, symbolically lit the flame after her. [10] [29] [b] On the evening of November 26, the site was surrounded by a white picket fence.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.
In 1966, President Kennedy's brain disappeared from the National Archives. Some have suggested that his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, may have destroyed it. Most historians regard the autopsy as the "most botched" segment of the government's investigation. [46] In 1966, Kennedy's brain was found to be missing from the National Archives.