BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Kennedy Gravesites

VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Kennedy Gravesites:

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1. ARLKEN_970223_01.JPG: Arlington Cemetery; Cemetery statue (McKee) Another cemetery statue.
2. ARLKEN_970713_01.JPG: Arlington Cemetery; gravesite Another one that I found interesting at Arlington.
3. ARLKEN_971102_01.JPG: Arlington Cemetery; Robert Kennedy grave This simple marker shows the final resting spot for Robert Kennedy, John's brother, who was killed while campaigning for President in 1968. It is twenty feet away from John's site. There's a water memorial designed by IM Pei behind it, completed in 1971.
4. ARLKEN_971102_02.JPG: Arlington Cemetery; JFK; crowds More crowd shots. Two markers--one's for Jackie.
5. ARLKEN_971201_01.JPG: Arlington Cemetery; JFK gravesite Another view of the JFK gravesite.
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Wikipedia Description: John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
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The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. This permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used at the time of President Kennedy's state funeral on November 25, 1963, three days after his assassination. The site was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, a long-time friend of the president. The permanent John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame grave site was consecrated and opened to the public on March 15, 1967.

Original grave site

President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, while there on a campaign trip. His body was brought back to Washington D.C. soon after his death. Dignitaries from 92 countries attended his state funeral three days later, on November 25.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from the president's casket after lighting the Eternal Flame, November 25, 1963

Initial press reports indicated that President Kennedy would be buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, where his son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (who had died on August 9, 1963, two days after his premature birth) was buried. But the site for the president's grave was quickly changed to the hillside just below Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery. The site was chosen because Kennedy and his friend, architect John Carl Warnecke, happened to visit the site in March 1963 and the President had admired the peaceful atmosphere of the location. The initial suggestion to bury Kennedy at Arlington appears to have been made by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy agreed to the change. Although Kennedy's sisters and many of his long-time associates from Massachusetts were opposed to burial at Arlington, his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy visited the site with McNamara on ...More...
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