Nov 25, 2025 · When doctors in Bethesda opened the bronze casket, they saw that Kennedy’s remains were not limited to the makeshift protective lining set up by O’Neal in Dallas.

Jacqueline Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy walk away from President Kennedy's casket during interment at Arlington National Cemetery on November 25, 1963.

Apr 18, 2023 · JFK’s wife Jacqueline Kennedy wished for a closed casket to protect the dignity of her late husband, and the President’s aides agreed based on the condition of JFK’s body.

Nov 22, 2023 · Again, according to the article, the President’s brother and United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy made the decision, backed by the President’s wife, Jacqueline, to have a …

Mar 6, 2025 · After the burial, I escorted his family into the White House where President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy had a repast and reception for them.

Feb 17, 2024 · It was replaced by a wooden, African mahogany casket. This remained closed, despite advice from officials that it ought to be open so the public could see JFK was dead. Such were his …

Aug 20, 2023 · Yes, Emmett Till's casket was open for public viewing during his funeral in September 1955. His mother, Mamie Till, insisted on an open casket to show the brutality of his murder and to...

Apr 24, 2016 · Bloodstained because of the magnitude of JFK’s head wounds and damaged in transit, the solid bronze casket was stored in a secure Washington warehouse after the Kennedy family …

The casket, a 400-pound, double-walled, hermetically sealed coffin made of solid bronze, was damaged when it was removed from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on November 22, 1963.

President Kennedy's casket as seen through the East Room doorway, November 23, 1963. On January 20, 1977, Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the thirty-ninth president of the United States.