Millions Bid Farewell . • .
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The broad avenue leading from
the Lincoln Memorial to the ceme
tery was lined with troops from
the armed services.
The section of the boulevard
starting on the Virginia side was
manned by blue jackets, standing
12 feet apart with hands folded
behind them and facing the road
way.
Crowds lined the route about six
deep.
They ranged right up to the en
trance of the cemetery.
Twenty-six smartly dressed Irish
cadets opened the ceremony at Ar
lington National Ceremony with
a display of precision drilling near
the grave of President Kennedy.
While the funeral ceremony at
St. Matthew's Cathedral was still
in process, the cadets marched
briskly up the road winding
through the military cemetery and
halted near the grave.
Several hundred Congressmen
and friends of the family had al
ready gathered and watched the
cadets presenting arms and going
through other low keyed maneu
vers.
The cadets from the Irish Mili
tary College had performed for
Kennedy when he visited Ireland
last July. The Kennedy family had
asked that they take part in the
funeral ceremonies.
The hillside at the site of the
President’s grave was covered with
people — waiting, as they did all
over Washington, to say goodbye
to the President.
The entire slope above the
grave was covered with flowers
which arrived by the truckload.
Despite Mrs. Kennedy's request
that mourners omit flowers, the
hillside at Arlington National Com
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etery looked like a field of flowers.
And there was an Irish flag.
A woman who identified herself
as an army surgeon’s wife, Mrs.
Walter Kostecki, put it there before
the funeral procession arrived. She
said she was Irish—maiden name,
Sullivan — and that her mother
had known the President's mother.
The caisson bearing President
Kennedy’s casket reached the
grave site at about 2:45 p.m.
An honor guard representing all
the U.S. military services flanked
the caisson, standing at attention.
The Kennedy party stepped
from their limousines and waited
quietly to let other dignitaries
catch up. The funeral cortege was
several miles long.
A band struck up ‘‘The Star
Spangled Banner.” The military
guard flanking the President’s cas
ket saluted.
Mrs. Kennedy stood impassive, j
flanked by Robert and Edward :
Kennedy, the President’s brothers. !
As soon as the last notes of the
National Anthem faded, the U.S.
Air Force bagpipes began to play.
The band of bagpipes moved
closer to the grave.
The casket was lifted from the
caisson, and carried slowly toward
the grave as clergymen walked
ahead of it.
Richard Cardinal Cushing, Arch
bishop of Boston who had cele
brated the funeral mass, stepped
in front of the casket, and the
honor guard carried it toward the
grave site.
There were two Negroes in this,
the last honor guard for the Pres
ident.
The bagpipes played as the
guard moved slowly onward.
At that moment, there was a
roar as 50 jet planes — one for
each state — flew over in a salute
from the nation's air arms. There j
were 30 Air Force fighters and 20
Navy.
The Presidential aircraft —
known as Air Force One — also
passed over the cemetery.
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! The casket was placed on a plat
form above the grave.
The honor guard presented arms
in a salute, then pointed their
rifles toward the ground and
1 inarched away.
As he had done so often since
1 his brother’s death. Attorney Gen
i oral Robert Kennedy, his face mir
oring his own grief, stood at the
widow’s side.
Among those ushered near the
grave were French President De
i Gaulle, Chancellor Erhard and Em
i peror Haile Selassie.
Cardinal Cushing recited the
; Lord’s Prayer, and the mourners
! echoed his booming, chanting voice
with the same prayer.
The prayer over, the 21-gun sa
ute began sounding.
As the 21-gun salute sounded,
President Johnson sttxxl impas
sively, his tall figure completely
surrounded by Secret Servicemen.
Cardinal Cushing then asked
again that the Lord grant eternal
peace to the soul of John Fitzgerald
Kennedy.
The Cardinal then sprinkled
Holy Water on the casket, crossed
himself, and prayed again.
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and
the two Kennedy brothers then ap
proched the casket. Riflemen fired
three shots, and a bugler sounded
taps.
The flag was folded a minute
later.
A member of the honor guard
handed the flag to an official and
saluted.
Mrs. Kennedy received the j
flag, and. with the flag under her :
arms, she approached the grave and :
lit an eternal flame. It was 3:12 j
p.m.
Mrs. Kennedy then stepped j
away.
The honor guard stayed at at
tention by the casket, which still
had not been lowered into the
earth.
The burial service was over.
The car carrying Mrs. Kennedy
left the cemetery grounds at 3:18
p.m.
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Joe Briones, Department Service
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State of Alaska, plans to visit Nome
on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at which
time he will meet with Nome Post i
No. 19.
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8 p.m, on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
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The meeting has been canceled
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