Cited: Daily News
An American titan was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery with all the in perpetuity with the pomp and circumstance reuniting him with his beloved big brothers, Edward Moore Kennedy. He was reunited with his brother’s Pres. John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy on a sloping hillside in Arlington Cemetery that had a majestic view of the Potomac and the Federal City.
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired archbishop of Washington and a close friend, committed Kennedy’s flag-draped remains to a plot below two stately maple trees in Section 45 of America’s most hallowed burial ground.
“As we think of Teddy, we know his new life is beginning,” McCarrick said.
“We entrust the body of Edward Moore Kennedy – Senator Ted – to its resting place,” McCarrick added. The cardinal also read excerpts from an extraordinary letter Kennedy wrote to Pope Benedict and had President Obama hand-deliver to the pontiff last month at the Vatican.
“The disease is taking its toll on me,” Kennedy told the Pope. “I am 77 years old and preparing for the next passage of life.” Kennedy asked the Pope to pray for him, vowed to continue fighting for universal health care, then delivered a poignant valedictory admitting he had fallen short at times:
“I know that I have been an imperfect human being, but with the help of my faith, I have tried to right my path.” Then, as the eternal flame from JFK’s grave illuminated the gathering darkness, an honor guard from nearby Fort Myer fired a 21-gun salute, followed by the haunting notes of taps by an Army bugler.
Like his brother Bobby, Kennedy’s grave will have a simple white oak cross. A white marble foot marker will read:
Edward Moore Kennedy
1932-2009
After the morning funeral Mass in Boston, Kennedy’s coffin and his family flew into Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland nearly two hours late. Before proceeding to the cemetery, Kennedy’s hearse detoured to the Capitol, where several hundred current and former members of his staff assembled on the Senate steps to say goodbye. They were joined by several members of Congress, former senators, and many of the Hill’s anonymous workers determined to pay their respects.
The crowd burst into spontaneous applause when 91-year-old Robert Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat and longest-serving member of the Senate, arrived in a wheelchair, waving a small American flag. Byrd broke down on the Senate floor the day Kennedy’s cancer diagnosis was disclosed.
The onlookers included President Obama’s chief speechwriter Jon Favreau, who helped pen the presidential eulogy in Boston.
“Being from Massachusetts he’s the first politician you ever hear of. He’s the reason I went into politics,” Favreau told the Daily News.
Thousands of ordinary citizens watched from a distance as motorcade arrived at the Capitol’s East Plaza and the House bank be key Kennedy for 
allowing the motorcade to detour and for “sharing the senator for so much of his life with us.” Fighting back tears and blowing kisses to the applauding crowd, Kennedy’s widow hugged and kissed her way to the front ranks however, she could not reach every person. 20 minutes later the motorcade left and headed to Lincoln Memorial. At which time, Kennedy crossed the Potomac River for the last time via the elegant Arlington Memorial Bridge.
“I think he was a great American,” Brownlee said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that a piece of American history has died with him, an era is over.” Don Brownlee, 57, of Montclair, Va., stood at the same spot on the bridge where he recalled watching JFK’s cortege pass by in 1963.
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My Take: Over the last 40 years or so, the Kennedys have seen a lot of death! There is so much controversy over JFK and Roberts assassinations that nobody will ever know the truth. It will be a mystery for centuries to come. As will the mystery of Ted Kennedy and his past. He is the only one that knows the absolute truth because the other person is no longer with us. He is gone now so it should be set aside forgotten. However, because he was famous and a politician it will never be forgotten.
JFK was one of the best presidents this country has had and there will never be another. Robert may have been just as good, but we will never know. Ted did not seem to aspire for presidency and many people probably would not have voted for him because of his past. Many people think that he did not try because he was afraid that he would also be assassinated. Only he knows for sure and he will never be able to tell us now.
Will the Kennedys provide this country with another JFK? Or will another JFK come from someplace else? Those are the questions the people of America are asking right now. They are asking these questions because we need another JFK! Someone who will stand up for us and not give in to the political pressure.
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