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UPI wire teletype reporting on the burial of John F. Kennedy on 25 November 1963. From Arlington National Cemetery, teletype reads in part, ''America has buried its youthful, 35th President---John Fitzgerald Kennedy...the fallen President's body was borne across the Potomac River to Arlington National Cemetery, America's shrine to its honored dead. Drawing the caisson were six magnificant [sic] gray horses, followed by a black riderless horse. On a grassy slope, the fallen president found his eternal resting place...'' With much more detail including the procession of Jackie and Robert Kennedy, words spoken by Boston Cardinal Cushing, and the burial rituals for a fallen President. Teletype measures 8.5'' x 23''. Folds and creasing, overall in very good condition.
UPI Wire Teletype Reporting on the Burial of John F. Kennedy
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