The Funeral of John F. Kennedy in color

On Sunday afternoon, November 24th 1963, about 300,000 people watched a horse-drawn caisson, which had borne the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Unknown Soldier, carry Kennedy's flag-covered mahogany casket down the White House drive, past parallel rows of soldiers bearing the flags of the 50 states of the Union, then along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol Rotunda to lie in state. The only sounds on Pennsylvania Avenue as the cortège made its way to the Capitol were the sounds of the muffled drums and the clacking of horses' hooves.

Monday, November 25th 1963, the casket was borne again by caisson on the final leg to Arlington National Cemetery for burial. Moments after the casket was carried down the front steps of the cathedral, Jacqueline Kennedy whispered to her son, after which he saluted his father's coffin, a gesture captured by the cameras and long remembered. The children were deemed to be too young to attend the final burial service, so this was the point where the children said goodbye to their father.

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[coolioburst360]

Kennedy saved America from nuclear destruction

[RodwardHewlin]

JFK was a great president, how does everyone figure Regan was a great president. The Republicans loved him, but i cant see where Regan did anything memorable.

[Alexey K]

fuck illuminati and jews !

[dpetrano]

I am looking for footage of Truman at the JFK funeral. Is there any that you know of?

Exactly one month after the assassination, Truman advocated for laws prohibiting the CIA from conducting covert assassinations and false flag attacks. In Dec 1963, Truman authored;

"Limit CIA Role To Intelligence" by Harry S Truman

I want to see if Truman's expressions/demeanor at the JFK funeral reveals a sense of self-guilt.

[FirgineSnake]

Are you serious? Reagan was and did a lot of memorable things. Reagan was not only a strong leader, but just the perfect type of president and commander in chief we needed when the Soviets were gaining power. His relations with Gorbachev and the easing of the economy were just some of his more notable highlights as president. The only real controversy that occurred during the Reagan administration was the contras and that wasn't even that notable. Reagan and JFK were both great presidents.

[KittyAllChainedUp]

Winning the Cold War wasn't important??? Wow, you're either very young or very uneducated.

[Jim Kennedy]

This was a big deal when it happened. If the Communists had anything to do with this, probably would have been the end, they did not have as many h-bombs back then but I think there would have been a full scale war against Russia unless Russia gave up all their lands to the United States if it was proven that Russia planned President Kennedys Death. Of course that did not happen or else we would not be here now.

[Ronnie Egan]

Definitley you are correct...how funny is it that I forget to mention him when our names are practically the same lmao

[Jeremy Marshall]

The Black Watch band from Scotland was there and played.

[Nicholas A.]

I am a leaning little left. and I think Lincoln was the best.

[Ashlyn Arriaga]

I saw this in my history class last year