Kennedy plot, Arlington National Cemetery
Posted by GeoT
Washington (CNN) – CNN has learned that Army officials a few weeks ago met with Sen. Edward Kennedy’s staff and presented a plan that has his final resting place may be just a few feet from the graves of his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery, according to a senior Defense Department official with direct knowledge of funeral planning.
Story @ CNN:
note: Ted Kennedy
Service/Branch: United States Army
Years of service: 1951–1953
**UPDATE**
Senator Edward M. Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum before his funeral at a historic Boston church where he prayed daily while his daughter successfully battled her own cancer. Kennedy will then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to his brothers.
Kennedy’s funeral is being planned for the The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission Hill section of Boston. Commonly known as the Mission Church
**UPDATE**
Gov. would OK law change for Kennedy successor
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday he would support changing state law to allow him to appoint an interim successor to Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat while a special election is held.
Hope they let him be buried there next to his brothers.