well even though it was very difficult. >> later today on c-span, hear from two supreme court justices, clarence thomas at 9 p.m., followed by elena kagan at 945 eastern. four days of book tv. including deborah solomon. tonight at 9:30. on c-span three, it is american history tv. a 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. we will commemorate resident lincoln speaking at gettysburg. at 4:00 and 10:00. november 25 marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedy's state funeral. we will now bring you nbc's coverage, including the procession from the u.s. capitol to the white house. the mass at saint matthews

cathedral, and the burial service at arlington national cemetery. we are on the steps of the capitol. there's is a huge crowd that has gathered. the watch is almost over. van is about to play hail to the chief. the casket will be brought down. the family is looking into the rotunda. a very quiet crowd. they are paying their last respects now. -- thed morning air cason will roll to arlington national cemetery.

-- will notice in the crowd they are conscious that there is a television camera on them. you will see no waves. i saw one. there always tends to be just one. this day of mourning is reaching it's final act. feeling.only one just one. shared by all of us. let's go back to the studio.

that from jack on the steps of the capitol. thing,n incredible beginning with the tragedy and the assassination. that seems aftermath like a mad unraveling. in chicago, a man turned to his wife and said the president was shot in the head grid i am going to shoot myself in the head. he did. it was fatal. in iowa, a man was enraged by his father's remarks. he attacked him with a knife and stabbed him to death. ands as though reason sanity are thin films -- they can be scratched through when something terrible happens. it will be good when the nation

is back on a more even keel. >> what the chief justice had in mind -- you pointed out the irony that this man believed above everything else in reason and tolerance. of a mant the hands who was clearly intolerant. the congressman from texas said that he sincerely hoped that if there was any benefit at all -- that at least that benefit would be that the world learned a lesson. our country learned the lesson. the state learned a lesson. --remism is truly >> one thing is the generator --

generosity that came forth. one hour after president kennedy's funeral, there will be a service in texas. on friday whene he tried to catch oswald. he was shot down. you will recall from the new stories that he died without money. there was no provision for a pension under the system there. they have donated many thousands of dollars to his family. -- i knew when i heard this that people would desire to do something. >> a republican congressman will toe it a federal crime conspire against the president

of the united states. many americans were not aware of this. it had not been a federal crime to do this. someone could couldn't -- kidnap a child. crimes, likeious assaulting a president, that have not been a federal crime. it does not stop there. -- certainly,ied if he had lived, he would have been tried as an assassin. it did not matter. if we look back on the history -- when john wilkes booth killed even those in the by aing house were tried federal court. this is part of the whole constitutional system. in the wake of that, many people

felt an injustice had been done. the people in the boarding house had been tried by the military. there was no necessity for making this a federal crime. it was not a significant change. emotions of the congressman. i do not really think that there is a need for it at this particular moment. there is an odd statistical safety. -- 35 have held the office of president, including president johnson. have tragically been removed from office by an act of violence. it would seem that the pressure of the office might indicate that there was a potential for a

higher number. >> well -- >> there is a safety that it is not too likely to happen. >> statistically, more than 20% of our presidents have died in office. >> that is true. >> four violently. in that sense, in terms of numbers and statistics, one out of every five men who are elected president will die in office. >> they do not live through the office. one interesting note -- you noticed the riderless course. that is symbolic of the commander-in-chief. it was not able to be cave -- behave in a way that it was trained. this course was a pakistan

thorough bred. it belonged to mrs. kennedy. he acted nervous because he had never been trained with crowds. police forces are. i think that we have talked before about mrs. kennedy and the incredible grace with which she meets this terrible hour. she brings dignity to it. casketl walk behind the when the proceedings begin. --i thought it was terrible the moving story that congressman boggs told. the three-year-old son was taken away by one of the police guards. the youngster that small could not realize or comprehend what was going on. he became restless.

he took a few steps away from the rotunda to the speaker's office. he walked in there -- there were two american flags. they were decorations on the desks. they youngster looks at them and they gave him one. he held it and said, can i have the other one for my father? terribly -- >> one of the most moving things. the merciful innocence of a small child. it is like the lion in the play. -- all remember the name the way home, the boy said, even after being told, he said i wanted to show him my new hat. that kind of thing is more poignant than the known grief of an older person. we want to take one last look at

the capitol rotunda. the coffin has reposed through the night. havethousands of people been able to file past and pay their last respects. end of thenear this broadcast for today. we will switch to the rotunda. where is that? [no audio}

>> it will now be 10:30. >> they may not have heard that. we just got our microphones back on. intended that the president would be removed from the rotunda at 10:00 and carried to say matthews for the service. for some reason, the procedure was changed. they decided to move the coffin at 9:30. the coffin will leave the rotunda for the last time. it will be carried to say matthews for the service. perhaps the entire schedule will be 30 minutes earlier. i am not quite certain of the

schedule. i do not know the distance precisely from the rotunda to say matthews. -- theeral will be held distance to arlington. what kind of timetable will that bring up? >> since mrs. kennedy and all of the chiefs of state were here, i do not know that the family will walk behind the coffin to the rotunda. no one is quite sure how long that will take. perhaps that is why they are allowing the extra time. and the coffin is taken body is taken after the service --to arlington cemetery there will be no walking on foot at that time.

everyone will be in limousines. they will follow the body to arlington. it would be a considerable distance to arlington. three or four miles. it would be impossible and impractical and too strenuous and wearing. the family could not attempt that kind of journey on foot. >> for people who have and with us throughout the weekend -- many have, i believe. they may have found that we tend to repeat a great deal. that is for the benefit of those who could not stay with us at all times. the many facets of this event -- it has seemed repetitious to those of us involved, but in a way, as unrelenting as it has been, it is a remarkably short

time to do proper honor to a man who has given so much to this country. as a warrior and a statesman. a much shorter time than the old days. transfer funeral lincoln, which lasted four weeks. today, we will see the final resting place at arlington national cemetery. -- three days after the assassination. we're drawing near the end now of our special broadcast. i would like to make a comparison between this tragedy and another tragedy of a totally different nature. wellsr historians like hg are sometimes accused of distorting the facts to make points.

we watched a long line of mourners passing through here, we could not help but make a contrast with the scene described that happened in vienna. on a rainy day in 1791, a horse- drawn cart had delivered a coffin. the lone gravedigger dumped his burden into a whole. he drove away. he left no stone to mark the spot. there is no clergyman. there was not one living creature who cared enough to follow that corpse to its final resting place. none except for a small dog. he sat alone whimpering. that was how it was in vienna. they buried mozart, like a dog. today, no one knows where mozart sleeps. the music that he left as a monument more magnificent than anything.

his music is our pride and our shame as men. our pride because it urges us to rise above ourselves. our shame because it reminds us of the brutal way that we broke the heart and then the body of a genius. will beohn f. kennedy laid to rest beneath the earth of arlington national cemetery. all the world will know where he sleeps. he will be interned with all the reference that can be provided. great princes and heads of state have come from far corners of the world in homage. all through the long night. more than 200,000 people filed through the rotunda to gaze upon his coffin. to feel the breath of eternity touch their little lives.

a martyr dies in vain. if martyrdom does not inspire men -- christ without christianity would be meaningless. we do not wish to partake in deification of john f. kennedy. he was a man. with customary human flaws and blemishes. if his death is to be meaningful and hence his life -- americans must remember the things for which he stood. he inspired the admiration of the world. we do not surface memory when we respond with nothing better than an of guilt, penitents, and anger. that leads to self-pity and a desired for revenge. result wasd tawdry seen yesterday in dallas, when a man committed murder. other americans, such as when we saw at national airport, applauded the killing of the

accused assassin. she cried out in hatred, and good, i am glad he is dead. if that was all that we learned from our late president, then his martyrdom would indeed have a hollow ring. if that is all his example means to us, then the weeds will grow tall over his grave at arlington. we will forget. his monument is you and me. what we make of america. unlike mozart, he leaves us no music. he does leave us his actions. his examples, his words. tend his words are these, in history at style. when he was a young man. any system of government will work when everything is going well. it is the system that functions in the pinches that survives.

appreciatenedy would if you would try to help your government function. in this pinch. ♪ >> we will bury a president this morning. preparations are being made for that now. this is the scene and the rotunda of the national capital. throughout the night, thousands of persons filed into this building. they paid their last respects to president john fitzgerald kennedy.

all through the night, the people came. men, women, and children. that will stop now. preparations will move forward for the mass at saint matthews cathedral in washington. the body will be taken to the white house. mrs. kennedy, robert kennedy, the president's brother, will walk behind the casket. from the white house to say matthews cathedral -- where the mass will be set. through the night, here, in this place that you are now seeing, people filed in. there are reports that some waited hours to get there. in below freezing temperatures. they had no food. many brought children, parents help them to walk them through. to see the casket that contains the body of the late president.

some made it in seven hours. some took 10 hours. there was never a break. the session kept moving. seemingly endlessly, through the rotunda, across the stone floor. it started yesterday afternoon, went through all of the day and night until roughly one half hour ago. police will have to pay attention to these sort of things. newsmen asked him. approximately 140,000 people did files through the rotunda. the honor guard -- they are changing.

there are members of the military services who have stood there with the late president. now you see others who are moving in to take their place. the one guard takes over. the other guard is released. members of the five armed services. what must be the most solemn, excruciating duty a member of the armed services can perform. the ritual. every move is prescribed.

every moment precise. every movement by the book. john movement honors fitzgerald kennedy. even as the succession to lyndon johnson is taking place, what is this succession taking place? one group of sentries is relieved, another group of sentries takes their place. the casket -- covered with a flag.

they stand at attention. untilill stand that way others come to take their places. that is the military tradition. john fitzgerald kennedy is a military man. people were to have filed through therefore a portion of yesterday. it was originally planned for the night that the rotunda would be closed. so many people came to pay their last respects that it was kept open throughout the night. as we have noted, the weather was to turn cold. that did not matter. to consider come the weather.

they came only to pay their last respects to john kennedy. -- 16 blocks one way and 16 blocks the other way. the blocks are long city blocks. they stayed there and they moved slowly, considering the weather. much too quickly when you consider the amount of respect they wanted to show. they were there and they filed through throughout the night. now, the rotunda has been closed to the public. the last perforations are going forward. there will be the formalities today. the religious formalities of burying a president of the united states. of burying a man. morning, a this little more than one hour and 10 minutes from now, mrs. jacqueline kennedy will leave the white house. she will go to the capital.

there will be a procession from the capitol, from the rotunda, to the white house. at that point, mrs. kennedy and her brother-in-law, robert kennedy, will walk behind the casket in the solemn procession from the white house, where he lived in coverage of this nation -- to say matthews cathedral. the mass will be said for president kennedy. it is more than one half mile from the white house. archbishop,ing, the will celebrate that mass. the mass he will say is called pontifical. it has to do with the pontiff, the pope -- it will be a low mass. it will not be assisted by the deacon or sub deacon.

a sung mass.e it will be a simple mass for john kennedy. after the mass is completed, there will be no eulogy. they will leave say matthews cathedral and go to arlington national cemetery. the president will be buried. about 3:00 to 3:30, jacqueline kennedy, who has performed in an unbelievable fashion throughout all of this since friday, she will receive visiting heads of state. she will meet them, she will undoubtedly display the same self-control she has shown throughout all of this. we go now to the rotunda. there is john mccormick.

--ocratic whip and claude pepper, florida. henry jackson, senator from washington. senator strom thurmond, south carolina. with his family.

we are not picking up dignitaries to name. we are merely identifying people who have come to pay their tributes to this man with whom they have worked. certainly, many members of the congress were given an opportunity on saturday to pass before the casket of john kennedy in the east room of the white house. they did that in private. they come back again. it is not easy to say goodbye. they must. so, they come and they silently stand. that is john lindsay, republican

congressman from new york city. they stand silently. praise.his own fashion each thinks. how do you say goodbye to a man such as he was? they tried. -- try.

a few simple floral tributes. in the rotunda of the capitol of the united states. plain, bronze casket, covered by a flag of the united states. within, the body of john fitzgerald kennedy, 46 -- assassinated on friday, november 22, in dallas texas. the last tributes are paid to him now.

he worked in this building. he worked as a member of the house of representatives. he worked as a member of the senate. he worked a few blocks from here in the white house. for him, it was a job that was a calling. it was a life. a life he gave. in the center of your screen,

john mccormick, massachusetts, speaker of the house of representatives. now, at this moment, david brinkley, and washington. >> we are still in the rotunda

at the capitol, which is now closed to the public. members of congress, their families, and staff members are passing through for the last time. a group of them have just been graded by speaker mccormick. mr. mccormick, there, the tall man in the center.

the last figure we had from the capitol police -- 250,000 people passed through the rotunda yesterday afternoon, last night, all of last night, and this morning, until the doors were closed 45 minutes ago. when they were closed, some thousands -- as many as 50,000, but we are not sure, were still waiting in line. they had been told, dimly, that it was most unlikely there would be time for them to pass through. the schedule now calls for mrs. , thedy, her brother attorney general to be here at 10:30 and begin the procession from here to the white house, to the cathedral. that is representative hallock on the right, republican leader

in the house, along with hale boggs, speaker mccormick. only members of congress. familiesff members, are allowed into the rotunda now. >> as you know, by constitutional amendment, speaker mccormick is now next in line of succession to the presidency. -- afterf the house him, senator carl hayden of arizona.

that line of succession was set up during the truman administration, when for the first time, we had no vice president. congress was uneasy about it. secretary of state dan was next in line. the thinking then was that an elected official, not appointed,

but elected, should succeed to the presidency. the speaker of the house is elected first to congress, been elected by the house to be speaker. tem is simplypro the senior member of the majority party. he is not elected. except informality. it is always the senior member of the majority party. the one who has been their longest. in the case of senator hayden, 51 years. this is the cason. it is arriving at the capital.

the black course that you now see is the eight course, the riderless horse. that is mrs. kennedy's personal horse. he was a gift from the government of pakistan after her visit there two years ago.

>> the rotunda is close to the public. it has been since 9:00, 50 minutes ago. are, as you have seen, members of congress. visitors,e foreign members of the congressional staff, friends, family. with the great courses

awaits outside. awaits outside. >> as you see, the black horse was mrs. kennedy's. it seems rather nervous. it is because he has not been trained as the army's horses have. he became a little skittish. you may have remembered that yesterday, at the sound of the drums and the site of the crowds. came fromorses arlington national cemetery. they are used to this. we are at the capital. ray?

>> thousands of people waiting. at the foot of the capitol steps -- designate a place for them to stand. them, there is the joint chiefs of staff. mrs. kennedy has taken her position. they will appear at the main door of the capital. there will the ruffles and flourishes. at the start of the him, they will move slowly down the steps. when the casket has come to rest on the cason, they will return to the car.

they will take up a position directly behind the case on. they will take position. the procession will move to the white house. this is expected to take 50 minutes. the crowd is very quiet this morning. the capital was closed at 9:00. it is estimated that 10,000 to 50,000 people were not able to go inside. it is estimated that in the procession, the 18 hours that the casket was on view, 180,000 people were able to view the casket. now, to robert abernathy.

now.e the rotunda senatorss of congress, and their staff and families are going past the casket. the deathwatch changed every 30 minutes. 30 minutes from now, the casket will be taken out the doors that you see on the far end of the rotunda. taken down the steps.

deathwatch is changing now. against the wall in the back of the rotunda, a woman has been seated.

painting the scene that she saw. during the early hours of the morning, the number of people coming through at any given time was increased -- doubled. this permitted all but about 10,000 of those who wanted to come by the casket to do so. capital officials and members of congress, their families now -- the only ones permitted into the rotunda.

of the 180,000 people who waited in line must night, yesterday afternoon, and the 10,000 more who did not get in -- very few left because of the cold. through the doors at the far and, the flowers -- flowers sent from foreign governments. other heads of state.

now, to meryl mueller at the white house. this is the scene at this moment. the front portico of the white house. waiting for mrs. kennedy. mrs. john f.hat kennedy will come out that door in just a few moments. it is faced, just across the driveway and the lawn, by a naval choir. the choir from annapolis. they will sing three hymns. they are accompanied by the attorney general, robert kennedy. they will shortly come out the

store, they will drive to the capital, -- >> we have no word whether she plans to take caroline and john in this motorcade. to the rotunda, this morning, and back here to the white house. cousins are in the building, in the white house with them now. the children's cousins. >> inside the east room, where the body was laid in repose, are for indignity. -- foreign dignitaries. when they returned to the white house, the foreign dignitaries will then come down the steps and join them. the solemn procession to st. matthew's cathedral. the mass will be celebrated by

cardinal cushing. >> it is our understanding as of this moment that mrs. kennedy, the attorney general, and members of the family will proceed alone to the rotunda in this motorcade. the cason will follow and casket back to the white house and then be joined by president and mrs. johnson. >> the side door, just a second ago, mrs. evelyn lincoln, has just arrived. >> as you have seen throughout the morning from our cameras in various positions around the city, it is crowded. the entire city is crowded. this reporter has just made a quick two or from the capital to

say matthews to the white house. march is extremely sick with people. sunshine, thehe morning sun, are shaking and stamping their feet. it is a very brisk morning and the nation's capital. those in the sun, you can see glistening eyes. it is a very quiet crowd. again, there is no joy here this morning. crepe is draped around the door of the north orrico. it is through this door that mrs. kennedy and the attorney general are expected to come out in just a matter of moments. large numbers of people have gathered across pennsylvania avenue. several thousand have been tear

since early this morning. the motorcade has begun to pull up to the front door. --t is the same car in isirst car that went the same car that was used yesterday. before the attorney general's family, i believe, were trying to identify some of the organization on the porch of the white house. it is almost impossible from our eye distance. , is ablea, of course to get much closer than we are. the secret service agent who has been charged with the responsibility of mrs. kennedy's

safety is clint hill. he is immediately inside the white house. when we see him, we will know that mrs. kennedy -- >> the sirens are screaming in the distance. i do not know if the microphones are picking it up for you. it appears to be a police vehicle. everything on pennsylvania avenue right now is almost -- it hashedst a half -- silence. the crowd is deep on that side of pennsylvania avenue. traffic has been diverted from the area. traffic has been turned. to the far side of lafayette park. away from the white house.

form on thede can northeast gate and around the corner. , tohe treasury building make what will be a very quick run up to the rotunda. set by theace back cason. >> they are waiting to proceed to the north portico. miles from the white house to the capitol building. this procession will follow the route, as the same the motorcade yesterday. >> this morning, here at the front gates to the white house, -- long line of people

incidentally, the southside is being kept clear of the public for obvious reasons. a longeless, there was line of people at the gate this morning. out, it was a wine made up of news men from around the world. news men and women from around the world. they were getting credentials for this day. st. matthew's cathedral credentials for the day and arlington national cemetery credentials for the day. the news correspondents from around the world were processing very quickly, but nevertheless, there was a tremendous line waiting to get the necessary passes to cover the events. the attention is focused on the north portico. the other side of the white house, the south portico, there

are dignitaries who are arriving. prince philip -- the prime minister -- hundreds of dignitaries, began arriving yesterday. rites fornal solemn president kennedy. >> as you can see, everything awaits. these are her final hours in public. for at least 30 days. as one of our white house correspondents reported last night, mrs. john f. kennedy probably will make her own -- home here in washington after

the family incidents. of private morning. a white house guards walked through the door. secret service agent -- we assume it will be a matter of moments now. mrs. kennedy will walk down the steps to the waiting limousine. >> this is the capitol plaza. the cason is waiting. the departure time is 10:30. it may not be kept strictly. that is seven minutes from now. we are back at the white house and we are awaiting the appearance of mrs. kennedy and other members of the family. they will ride in limousines to the capital. casonill accompany the

back to the white house, then to the cathedral. there she is now.

the attorney general, robert kennedy, coming out now. the dress for the funeral at the cathedral is mourning coat. the word was passed around late yesterday afternoon this was to be the dress. as it was passed around it was said if possible. several, many of the kennedy to ren as you see will go the capitol. hat's ms. smith, the president's sister getting into

that car. sergeant shiver there to the right. if i'm not mistaken, that was prince rodsville. he's the husband of ms. kennedy's sister decpwhfment in the backseat you can see the attorney general sitting to the right on the left-hand side. center is ms. kennedy and ted kennedy on the left. the first limb sin moves out of the driveway. his is across the street

. moving out on to pennsylvania avenue now as other members of e family get in other limo seens to follow.

that is pennsylvania avenue.

>> perhaps something additional may be said ability the crowds of people that passed through

the rotunda of the capitol last night. there is no way to measure the identification, to measure the identification of a president with the people but perhaps there was here last night. the closeness that millions of americans must have felt was evident in the thousands that formed that almost endless stream of humanity which formed somewhere in the semidarkness on the streets below the capitol's plaza and through the solemn and dimly lighted rotunda beneath the great dome of the capitol and out again to disperse and spill down capitol hill. from what unbelievable distances people have come to pay their last respects today driving into washington last night the traffic was heavy with automobiles bearing license plates from the most unlikely places, ohio, new jersey, new

york, massachusetts, and reaching into the midwest. and the number of young people who have come to this capitol city today is surprising and perhaps says something. last night we stopped along the highway for gasoline and there were five or six automobiles there all carrying groups of younger people, college age. and their attitude and their demeanor here today and last night indicates this is not a lark. they are not here for an outing. they came to be closer in this ast hour to a president.

>> this is the kennedy family only in six limousines going to the capitol.

>> here comes the kennedy car. ere they come. >> in the first car mrs. kennedy, two brothers, and at least one of the children,

carolyn we believe. we're not absolutely certain at he moment.

> that's independence avenue they are turning on to.

as daufed has said, we don't know whether john, jr. is being brought to this ceremony now or not but yesterday it was he who injected a note of poin ensi in the office of speaker mccor mick. he grew a little restless during the ceremony there in the rotunda of the capitol and a navy aid took him down the hall and into the office of the speaker. and there one of the members of the staff gave him a small american flag to play with. and john, jr. asked if he could have another twoun take to his his -- one to take to daddy.

> that's delaware avenue going up and the hill you see is capitol hill with the senate office building in the left and the capitol out of sight to the right. this is the plaza in front of the capitol, normally a parking lot.

>> mrs. kennedy, her brother robert on her left and brother edward on her right. or the president's brother, i'm sorry. the stamina of this woman through these past three and ur days has been indescribable. it certainly has touched the entire nation.

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>> the hymn which was played as the casket was going down the teps of the capitol was oh god of loveliness. now they start back down the

hill to the white house and then off to the church. >> it was two years, ten months five days ago we were here in broadcasting john f. kennedy inauguration. a tremendous snowstorm had settled upon the city the day before. it was brittle cold and blazing whilet. the government of the nation was

new, the oldest president in the history of the nation was handing over the mantle to the youngest president, a new generation was taking over, not figure tively but actually. on that day the young president we heard some say he was apollo like road down this hill from this capitol and down this prettyof presidents, his ase beside him and he waived cheers and the band played. you may remember on that day he couldn't quite manage the top hat. he put it on once that we saw and he kept it on for a few seconds and then it was though he had concluded it's just no use i can't take it so the top hat was carried and finally disappeared all together as the day of celebration and triumph

wore on. so it's now from the same capitol where he served for 12 years and where he took the oath f office and delivered his inaugural address that john f. kennedy now leaves forever. and perhaps although he road down this hill that day in triumph it may not be said ha he rides today in defeat, just in death.

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>> the marine band is leading the procession from the capitol to the white house. that apparently was almost a and i ute decision believe the marine band was put in as the lead unit at the request of the white house and will lead from here to the white house to the church and to arlington.

this is pennsylvania avenue again looking westward back oward the white house. edwin is station add long there. edwin, come in. >> this is edwin newman atop the

apecs building 6th street and pennsylvania avenue. the marine sband just passing this point. as splendid and colorful and horrifying sight for all of us swinging down pennsylvania avenue. the marine band. the st point cadets, contingent from annapolis. the men of the military units stationed around washington escorting the commander in chief to his final rest. it is hard to realize that on lousely clear and beautiful day this is what we have all come to washington to witness. the crowd that has gathered along pennsylvania avenue at this moment is not a large one,

it is one deep in most places and others two or three because most of the crowd will be along the line of march later beyond the white house to which the procession now is going.

>> that is the music of the navy band passing 6th street and pennsylvania avenue.

the lights of the automobiles can now be seen from where i stand. they are approaching the junction of independence avenue

and pennsylvania avenue. they will shortly make the turn for thensylvania avenue long broad approach to the white house they will turn by the treasury building and proceed from there to the white house. now the first cars make the urn.

now the cars in the procession approach the junction of constitution and pennsylvania avenue. constitution avenue is the first processional avenue of washington but it is not used today. the procession moves down ennsylvania.

.here is the casket the most insays nt note in this parade is the note of the drum, the instrument so often used by

composers to represent fate. moves horse drawn carge .n to pennsylvania avenue and there is the great long vista from capitol behind it down pennsylvania avenue, the treasury building and to the white house beyond it. still giving horse little trouble, still bucking almost as though it were

protesting at what it has to do. ♪ ♪ many people walking along the sidewalks paralleling the fune

procession following it to the white house leaving the area around the capitol around pennsylvania avenue to go where the procession is to halt at the white house. they are nearing 6th street and pennsylvania avenue. the white house you will recall is 1600 pennsylvania avenue, 16 blocks from the capitol. they are now not quite six blocks from the capitol.

past 6th and pennsylvania have gone the paratrooper's. now the marines go by. w the contingent of military commanders and military and air nti-sheas. and now the six white horses, the seventh leading them passes 6th and pennsylvania. the flag behind and sadly behind . a young man

edward ma'am moth of livingston new jersey. now very, very, very large crowds are pouring down the sidewalks to pennsylvania avenue keeping pace, the people who watched before around the capitol grounds. behind of course and the presidential flag, the riderless horse, black jack.

and behind that is a car with mrs. kennedy and the members of the immediate family and the andr cars strung out behind the others in the procession. >> they have halted now. in front of the federal trade commission building which is between sibblingt and seventh. ow it moves off.

>> slowly up pennsylvania avenue . ward the white house e wind rushing the flag that drapes the casket.

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>> hut! can andcountry that does produce the longest, blackest limousines in the world -- the hearse is pulling a wooden wagon.

>> as this nation grows older and as the years go by, the

significance of tradition is added to this session. the president had proposed with his allies the consideration to make pennsylvania avenue even more majestic and lovely than it is.

the single flag is the personal president of the united states, fringed in gold. embroidered on its face is the american neagle holding the ofve branch and the arrows war in another claw. think, the truman administration, he ordered the eagle's head turned so it would be looking toward the olive branch rather than the arrow, and that is the way it is today.

["funeral march" playing]

[bell tolls] >> the music that you just heard by "the funeral march" frederic chopin. marching in front was the special forces parachute troops who recently returned from south vietnam. now the cortège has moved out 15th street and is turning to its left, back onto pennsylvania avenue and is approaching the

white house one block away. is immediately in front of you now. [bell tolls] somewhere in this cortège, as you know, there is a contingent

from ireland. we have not yet been able to identify them. [bell tolling]

>> now we go around to the white house. [indiscernible] for the last time. [bell tolling] >> hut! hut!

>> from here, the members of the family -- visitors from foreign countries, and others will walk to st. matthew's cathedral, which is a few blocks. protocol -- senator edward kennedy getting out of the car. robert kennedy. the general.

de gaulle of france. [bell tolling] the king of belgium. the ordered procession to the

cathedral, mrs. kennedy followed by the general, followed by president lyndon johnson, then the chiefs of staff and foreign delegates. there is no american president for a first lady walking -- there is no american president

for first lady walking in a funeral procession. it has been done in other countries. >> halt! [bell tolling] playing]

>> these was a mobley are the pipes of the irish detail -- these are presumably the pipes of the irish detail. prince philip of great britain.

president johnson.

emperor haile selassie of ethiopia. king both while -- the king. following them as you just saw, -- chieftice moran cop justice war and white-haired in the crowd. general eisenhower was there. followed by the members of the cabinet, and the joint chiefs of staff. are here for these ceremonies today. or prime22 presidents

ministers, three reigning monarchs, and delegates of princesses and princes. now the cabinet. and of course there are delegations representing virtually every country with whom we have diplomatic , represented by foreign ministers or ambassadors.

the cortège turns right here into 17th streets which becomes connecticut avenue for two blocks and then two more blocks to rhode island avenue. the bagpipes we heard a moment ago were those of the black watch. the last group to perform before the president before he went to texas. the burden on the protocol areaer has been tremendous -- has been tremendous. even attempted to dictate what airplanes arriving

have precedence. protocol has largely been , possibly violated, but no one is minding. the pipers you heard a moment , arejust a few strains , and we black watch understand the irish contingent has been -- [indiscernible]

[bell tolling] >> this again, 17th streets.

the cathedral is about four blocks away. >> immediately behind the

immediate members of the family late1 members of the president kennedy's immediate staff at the white house.

>> it's very probable that there has been no state funeral to compare with this one since that edward at word -- king vii new the opening of this century. course a funeral march were the reigning monarchs of europe, theodore roosevelt presents -- somewhat uniquely so because he was an elected chief of state. today of course much of that has changed. the reigning monarchs present here are few. the elected heads of states are in the majority.

in the first two cars are the children of attorney general and brother-in- law sargent shriver. mrs. johnson, the president. thisecret service along long route.

[bagpipes playing]

>> that is st. matthew's cathedral. mr. kennedy and mrs. kennedy have worshiped here often in the past. it is the closest catholic church to the white house. admission to the funeral service is by ticket only because there are only 1100 seats and side, clearly not enough for all the visitors, family, friends, and

others who would like to come. come who would like to would issue invitations and send out a card to those invited. hanging over the entrance to the church. displayed on the death posts. cathedral is something of a landmark in washington, even though it is now somewhat physically overshadowed. and johnennedy kennedy. f. kennedyn junior's third birthday. cushing, cardinal cushing from boston and

archbishop will boil. -- 'boyle.hop o cardinal cushing married the kennedys. cardinal cushing will celebrates -- i believe that is the correct word -- the funeral mass. he was an old kennedy family friend. was set for noon and it

is precisely noon now. inside the cathedral everyone was asked to be in place at 11:45. [ebll tolling] tolling]

[singing in latin] >> it is the low mass at the request of mr. kennedy's family. ♪

during the mass, father leonard will -- tell us what is happening. when necessary what it means.

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>> [singing in latin]

dona eis requiem eis requiem ♪

requiem ♪ requiem" playing in background]

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>> the president at the door. with holy the remains water. cap licks might be reminded of their baptism -- catholics might be reminded of their baptism as the entrance into the church.

the recession being led by the reminds us it was through the costs -- the cross of jesus that death was defeated, is the ,ay, the truth, and the light and we follow in his footsteps.

as he processed up the aisle, he recited psalm 129. it concludes on a confident note that's with the lord there is mercy and with him plenteous redemption. he removes the cape or cloak and puts on the proper vestments for the celebration of mass.

john fitzgerald kennedy holds title to a special place in our hearts and in our prayers. as many have gathered here in final testimony and tributes. [speaking latin]

>> ♪ ave maria, gratia plena. maria, gratia plena maria, gratia plena

ave, ave dominus, dominus tecum benedicta tu in mulieribus, >> the cardinal ascends the altar and will recite the first chance of the mass. psalm of the funeral mass pleads for internal rest for the dead and reminds us that all which is flesh and blood must come before the throne of god.

>> ♪ ave maria ora, ora pro nobis >> [speaking latin] all present,ing the cardinal invites everyone to pray. john fitzgerald kennedy may be spared eternal torment and taken into paradise.

>> [speaking in latin] maria" continues and backgrounds -- in background] >> the first reading of the theed scripture, from second letter of the apostle

paul to the thessalonians. "make no haste those present for those who have gone to their rest. to worry over them as the rest of the world does. we believe after all when jesus when jesusst so comes back, god will bring back rested to him." >> [speaking in latin] maria" continues in background]

>> [speaking in latin] >> these solemn greeting -- the solemn reading of the bible, spurned by a lesson which serves as additional food for thought. , for example,hese certainly reminds us of president kennedy, a just man shall always be remembered.

records.fear no evil -- recourse. centuryading a 13th hymn. hymn is a christian meditation on the day of death. magnificent hymn is solitary and its excellence. the secret of its power lies in the grandeur of the theme. the intense earnestness and pathos of the poet, the >> majesty,- the simple its stately meter, its stately meter, it's triple rhythm, all combined to reduce an overwhelming effect, as though we hear the final clash of the

universe. the trumpet of the archangel summoning the lemming -- the living and the dead. and later to dispense everlasting life for the everlasting world. >> [speaking in latin] exit is the most important reading of the mass. the proclamation of the holy gospel. he may beal asks that

worthy to perform the sacred task. all stands to demonstrate their respect to the word of god. [latin spoken] >> someone said to jesus, if my brother had died, i would not be here. jesus said to her, will rise again. i know well enough that he will rise again at the resurrection when the last day comes. her, i am the resurrection and life. he who believes in me although he be dead will live on. whosoever has life and has faith in me to all eternity cannot die.

do you believe this? yes lord, she told him. i believe the you are christ, the son of the living god.

[speaking latin] >> the first part of the mass having been completed, we now begin the preparation of the gets -- gifts. sullivan has presented the bread that will be consecrated in a few moments. the wind is presented on behalf of all who gathered and -- who gatherip themselves to worship.

>> [speaking latin] >> [chanting] >> [organ music]

>> he prays over the gifts and thatinds of -- reminds us as the sacrifice of christ is staff -- celebrated, the work of our redemption is carried on. as we offer our fruits and praises to god, we pray to god that john fitzgerald kennedy, servant of god, that he may be given everlasting rest. the cardinal will join with the angels in unceasing prayer over the throne of god.

>> [speaking latin] >> thus begins the canon, a central prayer of angst giving.

christ renews his work of redemption for us. >> [speaking latin] >> in the first part of the canon, the priest asks god the father to accept the sacrifice. then he prays for the whole church.

next he prays for the faithful on earth, mentioning by name those for whom the masses in offered. he includes a special way those who are present. >> [speaking latin]

>> spreading his hands over the offering, he prays. we beg you to accept oh lord, this offering of our worship. and a whole household. >> [speaking latin] >> taking the bread into his hands, he recites the solemn words that christ used at the last supper. this is my body.

now blessing be challis, he recites the words from christ himself as he consecrates the wine. chalice of my blood, is a new and eternal covenant. the mystery of faith, which shall be shed for you, and for many, and the forgiveness is then. -- sin. >> [speaking latin]

>> [organ music] newsline -- >> the calls to mind the passion and the resurrection of our lord. now the cardinal prays for the departed, that they may have comfort and peace, naming in particular in this mass, our late and beloved president john fitzgerald kennedy.

>> [speaking latin] >> [chanting] >> through christ and with him, we are given to you god almighty and the unity of the holy spirit, all honoring glory, forever and ever.

>> [speaking latin] >> we pray, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

give us this day our daily bread as we forgive those who trespass against us. lead is not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. amen.

the celebrant receives the communion. the eucharist is a living symbol of union. all of the faithful of christ living in debt. the holy eucharist is the daily bread. christians everywhere praying for it. for the catholic, the sacramental body of christ meanses in the eucharist that those who die in the name of the lord will meet in heaven. it enables the christian to utter the prayer contained in this requiem mass. for those who are faithful to you lord, life is not taken away, it is transformed. when this earthly abode is no more. an everlasting place awaits them in heaven.

>> [chanting]

>> to fully take part in holy sacrifice and do what our lord wants, the congregation receives a sacramental body of christ from the hands of the priest.

in response to the message of god's love, the liturgy takes the form of an act of thanksgiving. this word which is used only in connection with religion may surprise those to whom it has never been explained.

thanksgivingword is no substitute for the work of the eucharist. when we have thanked our human benefactors, we often believe we have discharged our obligation to them. with god, the position is

different. our duty and salvation is everywhere. we must give thanks to you. >> [speaking latin]

>> at the missile -- missal, the priest recites a short verse that is all that remains of a longer chant from past ages.

the cardinal greets the people and invites us all to pray. almighty god, may this sacrifice cleansed from sin the soul of your servant john fitzgerald kennedy who is gone from this world. so may he received forgiveness and everlasting rest from you.

the math itself has been completed. the cardinal removes the principal mass vestments.

the cardinal is now seated on a throne. seats.gregation the auxiliary bishop of washington, d.c., having paid to reference -- reverence the major clergy, a sense the pulpit.

>> mrs. kennedy and children, beloved mother and members of the family, the president of the ,nited states, your majesty's and distinguished heads of ofernment, representatives distinguished heads of state, your eminence, cardinal cushing, , representative of the holy father, your excellency the archbishop and bishops. ambassador'scy the , the speaker of the house, the english members of the judiciary

friends ofnguished , -- ittzgerald kennedy, was thought that the most appropriate commemoration of this heartbreaking event would presidentression of john f. kennedy's ideals and sources of inspiration in his own words. kennedy was fond of quoting the holy bible. in houston, texas last night, he opines to a friend as it should , thislied to him combination of passages from the proverbs and the prophecies of joel -- joe.

all men sheltering dreams -- old men shall dream dreams and young men shall see visions. where there is no vision, the people perish. to those who shared his vision, and his lands and abroad, he had said two months ago to the united nations, let us complete what we have started. , nos the scriptures tell us man who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of god. he would have us remember the isaiahs from joshua and that he had used in accepting the presidential nomination. be strong and of good kurdish.

-- courage. be not afraid. be not dismayed. those who believe in the lord shower new their strength. shall run and not be weary. last hours, president kennedy prepared these words for dallas and for the nation. the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our , 4s was written long ago, except the lord garden city the guard watches in vain. following is one of his favorite passages from scripture from the book ecclesiastes, the

third chapter. there is an appointed time for everything and a time for every affair under the heavens. a time to be born, and a time to die. a time to plant and a time to uproot the plant. a time to kill and a time to heal. a time to tear down and a time to build. a time to weep and a time to laugh. a time to mourn and a time to dance. -- ae to scatter stones time to scatter stones and a time to gather them. a time to embrace and a time to be far from embraces. a time to seek and a time to lose. a time to keep and a time to cast away. a time to brand and a time to .ew

a time to be silent any time to be. a time to love and a time to hate. a time of war and time of peace. and now is the final expression of his ideals and aspirations "om his inaugural address -- we observe today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal as well as change." let the world go forth from this time and place, to friends and foe alike, that the torch has been passed by a new generation of americans -- born in this

war,ry, tempered by disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of their ancient heritage -- and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty. let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of isaiah -- to undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free.

all this will not be finished in the first 100 days, nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this lannett. let us begin. in your hands my fellow citizens , more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. since this country was founded, each generation of americans has been him and to give testimony to its nation loyalty.

-- national loyalty. the graves of young americans who answered the call to service around the globe. now the trumpet summons us again arms, as a call to bear though arms we need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out. rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation -- struggle against the common enemies of man -- tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself. in the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hours of maximum danger.

i do not shrink from this responsibility -- i welcome it. of usot believe that any would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. faith, the the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it -- and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. and so, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. our onlyod conscience sure reward, with history the

final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help but knowing that here on earth god's work must truly be our own.

>> the bishop has just read selections from president kennedy and taken from the holy scripture and from some of his major addresses. cardinal cushing has approached. a wonderful prayer in its simple city and content is the following. indeed beennt has here because he was human.

he received the holy trinity in baptism. god.lieved in the tri-unit he hopes for mercy in the same all loving god. >> [speaking latin]

deliver me oh lord on that day of terror when the heavens and -- earth meet. i have fear and trembling of the judgment and wrath that is to come. that date will be a day of rest and misery. horror asrandeur and others come to judge the world by fire. eternal rest grant to 20 oh lord, let that light shine upon him.

pausing now, the cardinal places incense on hot coals. is filled with biblical symbolism. it is indicative of our prayers of supplication. >> [the lord's prayer]

>> well the cardinal recited the people, he" with the struggles holy water on each side. in the same way, he uses incense on it. holy water and incense become part of the prayer and blessings of the church. the soul of the departed benefits from their application andhe body of the departed the holy spirit.

>> [speaking latin] >> from the gates of hell, rescue his soul. may he rest in peace. let my cry come unto the. may the lord be with you and your spirit.

humbly we pray the on behalf of the soul of thy servant john fitzgerald kennedy. has been commanded to go forth today from this world. do not hand him over to the power of the enemy or forget him forever, but commanded his soul is taken up by the holy angels and brought up to paradise. rest in peace, amen.

the cardinal has now returned to the throne. there he changes the massive investments -- mass vestments in preparation for leading the corpse from the church.

>> [speaking latin] >> may the angels take you into paradise. may the martyrs welcome you on your way. and they may lead you into the holy city of jerusalem.

the math is part of christian life, the source of its power allows christ to gather up his brothers and present them to be followers as one with him. they offer honor and glory forever and ever? this mass has been offered for john fitzgerald kennedy. may he rest in peace.

>> [music]

as the body of the late president is taken down to the cemetery, we recall the words of christ. i am the resurrection and the life. , even iflieves in me he dies, shall live. whoever believes in me shall never die.

quarks -- >> [music]

>> the distance is about three miles. they are going to arlington cemetery. outside.ust laid hymn just played outside.

the president's father was taken on a drive of cape cod this morning. family have known and love that area for so many years. they left the compound around 10:15 a.m. this morning. the former president of notre dame university joined him. the limousine drove through the business district of hyannis. former presidents eisenhower and truman. before ambassador kennedy went on the sentimental ride, he was engaged in a telephone conversation for some time with an unidentified friend. he did watch the television coverage last evening. degaulle and queen feder

ica standing in the doorway. with the belgians. witnesses said that mr. kennedy senior did not demonstrate any visible signs of upset. they also said that maids were crying on the scene. compound, the security was doubled today from its normal complement.

chief justice warren in the middle. general eisenhower on the left.

margaret truman daniel there with her father. two former presidents, truman and eisenhower.

there is -- it is a sizable, physical job to get all these people into automobiles in the appropriate order and on their way to arlington.

in the car in front are the joint chiefs of staff, commanders of the military services. it is followed again by the family. turning here from rhode island avenue into connecticut avenue and heading south toward virginia and toward arlington.

>> that's president johnson's car surrounded by secret service men. car will be the foreign visitors.

he was here two months ago, formal state visit, to then president kennedy.

here you see prince philip tom of the duke of edinburgh -- prince philip, the duke of edinburgh.

♪ >> the kennedy family and president johnson, eisenhower,

and truman believe. atre's some congestion here the front of st. patrick's cathedral while french dignitaries as general de gaulle and german chancellor gerhard all lined up together in the front row waiting for their cars to come. mingling around the ambassador, who is chief of , trying to organize. there are so many dignitaries here it has been quite a problem getting the official limousines in line in order for them to go to the cemetery. there appears to be no particular order in which the cars are going to drive. however, the a drive -- their arrival here was precisely arranged. the senate came in buses

followed by the house and the court and the diplomatic corps, but here standing on the steps of st. matthew's cathedral, all of each0, 15, 20 yards front is then prince of belgium.

until now, the silence outside the church was almost as great as that inside st. matthew's cathedral. now the limousines are coming up the dignitaries to arlington cemetery. >> in the delay during this congestion, a great many notables are just waiting there.

we see prince band heart of the netherlands right across the street leaning against his ceremonial sword waiting to be picked up -- prince bernhard of the netherlands. the president of the united states surrounded by

secret service men, on whom the burden of security rest considerably more heavy at this moment.

is on 17thnow street. the white house is about a block to the left. not going there. they are going past it southward toward the potomac river, toward the lincoln memorial, the memorial bridge, and across the river to arlington. >> the executive office building is on the left. they will turn right onto constitution in about another block, two blocks.

on the horizon, the dome you see outlined against the river is the jefferson memorial. the lincoln memorial, as we will .ee shortly, is to the right be far sure over the river is virginia. the far shore over the river is virginia.

>> right turn!

march!

distant cousin of the late president kennedy arrived here today barely in time for his funeral services after a 3000-mile light from ireland via jet and a tiny air taxi airplanes from idlewild in new york. nurse landed at the airport at 11 after 12:00 and a chartered twin-engine apache, which she boarded at idlewild. she was attending the funeral at the personal invitation of mrs.

jacqueline kennedy. a white house limousine then escorted by united states park prophet tootorcycle the church at about 60 miles per hour. she arrived just in time for the services. she is a small, attractive lawn -- blonde. on the vergeyed, of tears as she entered the church.

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>> this is the lower or southern .nd of 17th street they turn right onto constitution avenue. goes 1, 2, 3, 4 blocks, turns left around the lincoln memorial and then across the bridge. about to appear in the background is the munitions building, headquarters of the navy -- or part of the

.eadquarters of the navy today,told that by noon the hillside overlooking the gravesite in arlington was covered with people who began .rriving at dawn most of them walked across because memorial bridge leading to the district of columbia is

closed to all automobiles except the cortège. ♪

>> the picture here is from

bacon drive, that runs from constitution to the lincoln memorial, at the procession, as you see, is turning in their. it is so long that we believe the head is at the cemetery, 2 three miles before the last of it leaves the cathedral. ♪

>> this is the scene from the lincoln memorial, down toward they can drive, toward independence abaco -- constitution avenue. is nate -- bacon avenue is named after henry who was the architect of the lincoln memorial.

the cortège, including president johnson's car, is now on constitution.

they make the turn here into bacon drive.

and the remains of john f. kennedy are about to pass the remains of another president, ssn is -- assassinated. inside is an inscription the which is nearly perfect in its eloquence and simplicity. it says, in this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of abraham lincoln is enshrined forever.

this is the picture from the memorial.

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the cortège is now approaching the entrance to memorial bridge, which you will see momentarily, which passes the lincoln

memorial, which you see in the foreground. . seeing from arlington. and the gravesite.

now the case on is entering onto memorial bridge, flanked by on the bridge,us given to the people by the people of italy, after world war ii. the picture here is from the top of the lincoln memorial, looking cemetery, which is in the background.

this again is the picture from arlington cemetery, the headstones in the foreground, the city of washington behind it, some -- surely one of the anywhere.ous views the procession now is across the bridge and approaching the virginia shore.

the final resting place of president kennedy lies on a grassy slope not far from that , fallen, of other wars. there is no grave in the but upon area, their are rows of stones. from men people assess, heartbreak ridge, other heroes, world war ii, the names of places read like a litany of america's wars. in the background directly in line with the gravesite, across memorial bridge is the lincoln memorial. 's grave is inedy

threen-sloping area just dogwood trees standing sentinel over it. they're white when the bloom, but dare not. -old decide is the 161-year custis lee mansion, it's columns gleaming in the sun. a flag will be at half staff in the front. house,there in that robert e lee made the agonizing decision to cast his lot of his native regimes android the 1861. cost in the site was 11,000 a.m.. it was commandeered the universes during the civil war who seized it because the heights who over looks the the capital city of washington, and they want to garden. they took possession of the property for the back taxes

$96. is mounted to about after the war there was some litigation about it. the lee family contest of the government's teacher of it, and mrs. lee are good it was physically impossible for her to cross the war to pay the taxes come and that is why they could not be paid. it is likely true, but in any event, the lee family appears 12 won the case, because later the government paid the family several thousand dollars for the site, and it became shortly, if not too long thereafter, arlington national cemetery. as you know, president kennedy will be the second president to be aerated at arlington national cemetery. the only other one is former president william howard taft chief justicealso of the united states.

obviously the case on is going

to reach the gravesite quite some time before the last of the erocession reaches ther because the last of it has not yet left the cathedral. the government and officials are left, so we understand that they will wait a few minutes, but will not wait until the last of the per session has reached here.

i might add, too, that the custis lee mansion, which is situated to the immediate south of the gravesite of president kennedy, was built in 1802 by the adoptive grandson of the first president of the united states, george washington. his name was george washington parke curtis. custits. custis. this is the driveway at the

at the memorial bridge, approaching the gate of the cemetery. once inside it, the roads are very narrow and winding. at the end of the bridge, in the middle of the picture, you see there is a circle. there is a circle at the either end of the bridge. the memorial stands at one end. the procession must go around it and then proceed this way.

the case and is now approaching -- the case and that's the case caisson is now approaching the gates to the cemetery. comeder if someone would in and tell us what he is seeing there. mrs. -- this is -- chris, striking the washington area, the sunshine. thecortège is still a good distance from the graveside. the site is on an elevated , on an of the cemetery

direct line from the lincoln memorial and the curtis lee mansion -- custis lee mansion. the caisson is now about to enter the immediate area of the cemetery, at the virginia end of the lincoln memorial bridge. the trees bare, at except for a few evergreens. the bare expenses of the cemetery, which holds many curios -- heroes and veterans of several wars -- last high government official to be buried here was secretary of state dulles. airedly other president

here, william howard taft -- buried here, william howard taft. s, drawn by the seven horses, whose hooves are audible in the background, making their way up the curved driveways leading toward the gravesite. [horses' hooves] the small grave markers bearing testimony to other heroes lying in rest here. hardly any wind/ a crisp, november afternoon.

and continuing to follow about 30 yards beyond the caisson the withlic rider-less horse, its boots reverse, and behind course,usines, and, of the drums. cortege now well within

the national cemetery at arlington. this is one of the most beautiful spots in washington. the gravesite where 27 members of the irish guards are drawn up near the gravesite arrived here last night with the irish president. there is a particular warmth between ireland and the late chief executive. his roots having been in our land, and having visited there only recently. up at the site, where the late president will be interred.

a large, green, grass like carpet in the immediate area of the grave. the military detail preceding the cortège. the vanguard has now arrived on the broad expanse of the brownish-green law, the summ summery green having given away to

bronze. the irish guards standing at parade rest.

beside this jerk kennedy---- willedy's grave be something that has never been seen before in arlington. it was arranged at the request of mrs. kennedy, i believe, who asked yesterday it be done, and the army engineers were asked sometime in the early hours of the morning. the caisson is still on a driveway, about a hundred yards

from the graveside. the broad-trunked trees indicating the age and perhaps suggesting the long history behind this stretch of ground. , the custis-lee mansion and the surrounding hills and slopes were converted at the time of the civil war into a military hospital, and then the wounded and head of the battle of bull run were treated here.

the caisson being drawn nearer on the driveway to the gravesite.

the caisson has been halted. nearest driveway point the grave.

there are only a few hushed sounds. despite the thousands of people gathered at some distance, but a semi circle around this vast area. some of the religious leaders just a few feet off to the left rear of the caisson. period in which the to giveon is waiting the elements farther back time to move up, time to give the

occupants of cars to dismount and walk up the slight incline to the gravesite. believed toingent be members of congress and their , arrivedplomatic corps here about an hour and a half ago, brought here in a dozen or so buses. they have been standing patiently and quietly under trees. place atary units in the gravesite.

a few leaves have been sprinkling down. just where they are coming from -- it is a wonderment at this point, possibly blowing from , buttrees off to the side there seems to be no breeze, and those trees still having leaves do not seem to be blowing at all. everything still except for the limousines,e farther back in the procession. .ow moving toward the gravesite on the site itself, the various and members of

the president's family waiting in a limousine. there are only a few wisps of cloud in the sky. one of them seems to be perhaps trail of anpor airplane. edward kennedy -- >> what is happening now is that wait by a weight --

those who are farther back in the procession until they get to the cemetery. but will not wait forever, we will wait for part of it, part of the procession. " hail to the chief," ruffles and flourishes. star-spangled banner" plays]

>> the national anthem, and in a , the u.s. air force bagpipes/ bagpipes, slowly marching

across the lawn to the site, slow, somber bagpipe playing " the mist over the mountain." and the casket is being moved off the caisson, as mrs. kennedy watch fromkennedy their nearby limousine.

cardinal cushing being escorted by a military officer, followed by other clergymen, preceding the coffin. the soldiers and the berets, the members of the special forces arep, the mens who the custis-ndle-- lee mansion in the background,

75 yards from where the late president is to be interred. it was just a couple of weeks day thermistice president was here to pay tribute to the unknown soldiers .nd all the dead of the wars the tombs of the unknown soldiers,. two distance from the spot. thist too distance from spot. two weeks ago today. .guard in a salute

the bagpipers stop as the cast is -- casket is drawn very close to the gravesite.

and while this seems goes on -- overhead]ng 50 airplanes, 30 air force fighters, 20 nader -- navy fighter aircraft, and their salute overhead, funny 500 feet. zooming by the month at a little per hour, 300 miles foreve

while the kennedy family is now and the flagplaces is arranged by the casket bearers. overhead, air force one, the presidential aircraft.

>> again, the irish guard.

>> french president do all

eating ushered to his position, next to him, the president of ethiopia. to his right, separated only by officer, the president of the federal republic of west germany. him, chancellor ludvig erhardt, who has just held his job for two weeks. now the archbishop. >> let us pray. god, let us pray that he finds rest. please bless this great. him, theangels do keep -- kennedy,ed here

35th president of the united states. withof the grace in thee, all the strength. i am the resurrection and the light, thus said the lord, god of israel. as they trump the horn in the he spoke inid, as the house of the holy prophet, you are from the beginning. mercy to our fathers.

that which he swore to israel -- to abraham, that he be delivered from the hand of our enemy, go before holiness child shall be called the most high, the piece and the lord -- the peace and the lord. your knowledge and salvation. through the thousand the embassy , and in the on high shadow of death we shall rest our feet.

he is going to rest, o lord. i am the resurrection and the you believe in me, though he be dead, and everyone who believeth in me shall not die forever. lord have mercy on us. lord have mercy on us. heaven,er, who art in hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, as on earth as it is in heaven. our -- as weday forgive us of those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, amen.

from the gates of hell, deliver his soul, oh lord, that he may rest in peace. letlord, hear my prayer and my pride, do thee. -- come unto thee. lord be with you and your spirits or let us pray. mercy to thy servant, father. that he and his desires, with of receive the punishment of any misdeeds, and not have to pay that the company or the people here below, thy mercy my make him the companion of the holy angels in heaven amen.h christ our lord,

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["taps" plays] >> [speaking foreign language] may rest in peace internally and ever more. and through the mercy of god, rest in peace, amen. in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, amen.

hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ♪

>>, oh, god, by his word, all things made holy, put down your blessing on this life that thou , use it in and grant accordance with thy law and i will, and by calling upon the holy name, , all then of soul

wonderful man whom we buried here today. in the name of the father, the son, the holy ghost.

>> the family starts to depart from the gravesite. mrs. kennedy, the late president's brother, having ignited the eternal flame at the foot of the grave. the cardinal having comforted

the late president's mother, mrs. rose kennedy, just before the body was moved from the gravesite. and so on this crisp but sunny november afternoon, john f. kennedy, the 35th resident of the united states, is laid to rest on the general slope overlooking the city of washington. state rusk chatting momentarily with the french foreign minister. frederick is in the background. the president and mrs. johnson start to move away from the gravesite. mrs. kennedy this afternoon will

receive on this very somber chiefs of state, the chiefs of government, the chiefs of delegation have come from all parts of the world to pay their homage. ame willnal lame -- fl burn here. crowd, representing the soviet union, the first deputy stood quietly i and watched this 30 minute ceremony. the chief military officer of the united states standing in the middle of the group, general maxwell taylor, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. out,oyalty starts to move the king of belgium in his military uniform.

world figures here in considerable number and inonsiderable sorrow -- and considerable sorrow. general eisenhower walking out with the chief of secret service. to the formerr president's right. secretary of state herbert hoover the hind them representing his father, 89- year-old herbert hoover cannot make this trip. he recently had an operation.

and as the dignitaries walked by his and hereach in saluting mr. kennedy. these are members of congress and their wives. many of them served in the house of representatives and in the senate with mr. kennedy.

in the background, limousines returning leaders of the various knoll ints from this the arlington cemetery, back across the river, beyond the lincoln memorial to the various embassies and other of votes -- abodes where they will say until returning to their homes. will confer with president johnson, though it is will be any business even suggested at this point. simply somber courtesy calls.

one of the most placid settings.

>> and then the slow, almost ambling gait used by most of the people leaving the gravesite. suggestion of the felt innd the grief many parts of the world.

and in the background, some people without any sort of official portfolio, some of the thousands of such who came here stand several hundred yards, perhaps, from the gravesite, and in their quiet way to pay their respects to the late john f. kennedy.

>> those passing by now, officials with the united states and other governments. justice black. senator cagle of california.

now, mrs. kennedy goes back to the white house where beginning in a few minutes, she will visiting foreign delegations. that, later in the afternoon, president johnson will have a reception for them in at the state department. then the business of the government and the country will receive. scheduled to leave from the dallas airport at 7:30 this evening. he is returning to the white kennedyw where mrs.

will receive the heads of state and foreign delegations. later, president johnson is holding the reception for visiting dignitaries of state departments. that begins at 5:30 p.m. it is known that president de arrange ald like to private interview with president johnson before he leaves, but it is not yet known just when and where this may be. this would be an interview not of a protocol nature but dealing with subsequent matters. ago.resident a few minutes i suppose before he went to the cathedral. cents of his first acts soviet premier khrushchev a continuedomising efforts by the united states in the interest of world peace. by the way, millions of soviet citizens today watched a

documentary of the assassination of president kennedy and be fatal shooting of the man as his assassin. the documentary includes the president's last speech, the motorcade, and the man who with small son sawis the fatal bullet shot. and then the jail where lee oswald was shot. that was carried out on soviet television today.

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