 Senator Robert Kennedy discusses school with young ricky Taggart of 733 Gates Ave./World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. February 4, 1966. Courtesy Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-133361 |  St. Patrick's Cathedral. Detail of main altar. By Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., photographer. October 26, 1943. Courtesy Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, LC-G612- 44196 |
On this day, June 8th, in 1968, a Requiem Mass was held for Robert F. Kennedy at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.
On June 5th, 1968, then US Senator from New York, Kennedy was shot in the ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by 24 year old Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan was a Palestinian born Jordanian, age 24.
Robert Kennedy's body was returned to New York City, where it lay in repose at the cathedral.
On June 8, the Mass was held with his brother US Senator from Massachusetts, Edward "Ted" Kennedy giving the eulogy.
After the Mass, Kennedy was taken by a private train to Washington, DC. He was then buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia, near his brother John. This was in spite of desires he had expressed to be buried in Massachusetts. It was felt that since he and his brother John were so close in life, they should be close in death.
On June 5th, 1968, then US Senator from New York, Kennedy was shot in the ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by 24 year old Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan was a Palestinian born Jordanian, age 24.
Robert Kennedy's body was returned to New York City, where it lay in repose at the cathedral.
On June 8, the Mass was held with his brother US Senator from Massachusetts, Edward "Ted" Kennedy giving the eulogy.
After the Mass, Kennedy was taken by a private train to Washington, DC. He was then buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia, near his brother John. This was in spite of desires he had expressed to be buried in Massachusetts. It was felt that since he and his brother John were so close in life, they should be close in death.
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