JFK PAYS TRIBUTE TO VETERANS AT ARLINGTON
Arlington, Virginia (JFK+50) On November 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited the National Cemetery here in Arlington to participate in Veterans Day ceremonies.
The President was accompanied by General David M. Shoup, Commander of the United States Marine Corps, and the Honorable John S. Gleason, Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs.
Thurston Clarke describes the scene...
Thurston Clarke describes the scene...
"It was an ideal day for a military pageant, with bright sunshine and a brisk wind snapping the flags."
Thurston Clarke writes that later as JFK strolled down the rows of white tombstones with Hale Boggs, Representative from Louisiana, he said...
Thurston Clarke writes that later as JFK strolled down the rows of white tombstones with Hale Boggs, Representative from Louisiana, he said...
"This is one of the really beautiful places on earth. I could stay up here forever."
SOURCES
"JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President," by Thurston Clarke, The Penguin Press, New York, 2013.
SOURCES
"JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President," by Thurston Clarke, The Penguin Press, New York, 2013.
View from National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia
Photo by John White (2016)
JFK at Veterans Day Ceremonies
National Cemetery Ampitheater
Arlington, Virginia (11-11-63)
Photo by Cecil W. Stoughton
JFK Library Image
