Herbert Gordon: Less than two hours after President Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital, in the shocked city of Dallas, his body was placed aboard Air Force One, and flown home. It lay in repose in ...

A procession to the U.S. Capitol and lying in state in the building were new additions, as was a long train ride back to the president’s home state. Perry vividly recalls JFK’s funeral. “One of the ...

President Trump has signed an executive order to declassify files related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

The Detroit News reported that this vehicle was in the funeral procession to Arlington ... in 1965 (the first was aboard Air Force One when JFK was assassinated). Then the Imperial Crown became ...

Kennedy, held three days after JFK was assassinated in Dallas ... PhotoQuest//Getty Images Dignitaries participating in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy. Prince Philip is ...

The funeral procession in New York City for Ulysses S. Grant in 1885 drew an estimated 1.5 million people, the largest demonstration in the country to that point. Grant, who as a general led the ...

Carter’s state funeral is a six-day series of events allowing the nation to pay their respects to the 39th U.S. president. The procession began at about 10:15 a.m. when the Carter family arrived ...

and a riderless horse was included in the procession. Kennedy’s was the first presidential funeral to be widely televised. “Technology has made mourning in a way more accessible, more democratic.

He and his family will then travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, and will take part in a funeral procession from the U.S. Navy Memorial to the U.S. Capitol, where Carter will lie in state for ...

He added affectionately, 'It's amazing what you can pack into 100 years.' The funeral procession began in south Georgia, where the 39th U.S. president's life started more than a century ago.