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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 Laos Memorial, or Lao Veterans of America memorial, dedicated to Lao and Hmong veterans who served with US Special Forces and CIA advisors during the Vietnam War, to defend the Royal Kingdom of Laos from the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos, is located on Grant Avenue near the eternal flame memorial to U.S. President John F. Kennedy. [118]
English: This was what John F Kennedy's Arlington Cemetery grave looked like in May 1964 before redevelopment of the grave and Eternal Flame. The Eternal Flame is clearly visible, as is the Honor Guard in the corner. Film is Kodachrome, camera unknown.
John F. Kennedy [43] November 22, 1963 [G] Kennedy gravesite, [R] Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington: Virginia: 36 Lyndon B. Johnson [45] January 22, 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park: Stonewall: Texas: 37 Richard Nixon [46] April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Yorba Linda: California: 38 Gerald Ford ...
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There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.
Commissioned by Bunny Mellon on behalf of Jackie and Bobby Kennedy, the wreath designed by Jean Schlumberger for JFK's grave had been missing for 50 years.