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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-107-63
The funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy prepares to depart the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for Arlington National Cemetery; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Standing in foreground: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Peter Lawford; Steve Smith. Also pictured: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-3I
Honor guard pallbearers place the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy at the gravesite, during graveside services in the state funeral of President Kennedy. Members of the Kennedy family walk at right, including: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Steve Smith; Peter Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Also pictured: Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Edwin J. Roland; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill and Paul Landis. Officials and dignitaries observe. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.