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The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the grave site of assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. This permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used at the time of Kennedy's state funeral on November 25, 1963, three days after his assassination.
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, visitors stand near the eternal flame at the grave site of U.S. President John F. Kennedy at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The ...
Upon the request of the now-former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on the day before, an eternal flame, inspired by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, known later as the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame, is set up by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and first lit by Mrs. Kennedy.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas; The Eternal Flame, JFK's final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C.; John F. Kennedy Memorial and bust in front of the Holy Cross Church in Holyoke, Massachusetts (dedicated in 1967)
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Slate headstone and Eternal Flame marking the grave of John F. Kennedy. Prior to construction, which formally began in the spring of 1965, several design changes were made to the Kennedy grave site. The retaining wall behind the grave was removed, and the hill landscaped to allow an unobstructed view of Arlington House.
Three days after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, a state funeral was held in Washington, D.C. on November 25, 1963, the same day as John F. Kennedy Jr.'s third birthday. As the funeral ...
An eternal flame was lit at his burial site in 1967. [162] ... John F. Kennedy's assassination was the first of four major assassinations during the 1960s, ...