When President John F. Kennedy’s burial was televised on November 25, 1963, it was the first time Americans from coast to coast could participate in the funeral of a leader without being physically present. And by selecting the 624-acre site in the nation’s capital, rather than a plot in the family’s home state of Massachusetts, Jackie Kennedy established a site for the Kennedy family graves that made Arlington National Cemetery a destination that Americans visit when they tour the nation’s capital.
Buried in late November 1963, President Kennedy was the first member of the family interred in the Kennedy family plot in Arlington National Cemetery. As tragedy struck again a few years later, JFK’s little brother was assassinated and interred nearby. You may know that JFK is buried next to his wife, Jackie, with an eternal flame encircled with Cape Cod granite burning above their gravestones, but are you aware of these five little-known facts about the Kennedy family graves at Arlington National Cemetery?
