State funeral of John F. Kennedy

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The State funeral of John F. Kennedy was the official national and international ceremony in Washington, D.C., honoring the slain 35th U.S. president with full military and religious rites and attended by world leaders in November 1963.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf event
funeral
state funeral
attendedBy Anastas Mikoyan
Caroline Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fulgencio Batista
surface form: "Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar"

Haile Selassie I
surface form: "Haile Selassie"

President Harry S. Truman
surface form: "Harry S. Truman"

Her Majesty Queen Frederika of Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
surface form: "Jacqueline Kennedy"

John F. Kennedy Jr.
King Baudouin of Belgium
King Hussein of Jordan
Lady Bird Johnson
Lester B. Pearson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Diosdado Macapagal
surface form: "President Diosdado Macapagal"

President Mohammad Ayub Khan
President René Coty
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Willy Brandt
Éamon de Valera
broadcastIn Canada
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: "United States"

many countries worldwide
burialPlaceOf John F. Kennedy
ceremonialGunSalute 21-gun salute
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
endDate 1963-11-25
flag United States flag-draped casket
follows death of John F. Kennedy
hasCause assassination of John F. Kennedy
hasMemorial John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
hasProcessionElement drum corps
joint service honor guard
military honor guard
mounted escort
hasProtocol United States state funeral protocol
honors John F. Kennedy
honorsPosition 35th president of the United States
includes burial at Arlington National Cemetery
caisson procession
eternal flame at gravesite
funeral mass at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
lying in repose at the White House
lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda
military procession through Washington, D.C.
riderless horse
location Arlington National Cemetery
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
United States Capitol
Washington, D.C.
White House
mainFuneralDate 1963-11-25
militaryHonors full military honors
notableImage John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father’s casket
officiatedBy Cardinal Richard Cushing
surface form: "Richard Cardinal Cushing"
organizedBy United States Army Military District of Washington
Department of Defense
surface form: "United States Department of Defense"

United States government
surface form: "United States federal government"
precededBy assassination of John F. Kennedy
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
significance internationally observed mourning event
major national day of mourning in the United States
startDate 1963-11-22
televised yes

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy followedBy State funeral of John F. Kennedy

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