Three days after his assassination in Dallas, Texas, John F.
Kennedy was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery in Virginia.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal
flame (below) was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.    

Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from the president’s casket after lighting the Eternal Flame.

John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery
after its 2013 renovation.

   
  
TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist . McKinley succumbed
to his wounds on September 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
was sworn into office on the same day, succeeding McKinley, who had
been reelected in 1900. Gzolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901.
    
   

Leon Frank Czolgosz  (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)

The site of William McKinley’s tragic assassination in Buffalo, New
York is only marked by a plaque on a large boulder.        

ED DANAHUE

Henry Louis Aaron (nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank")
turned 85 on February 5th.

TIM MAGUIRE

The funeral procession for President John F. Kennedy is pictured 
crossing the bridge to Arlington National Cemetery in  Arlington, VA.

On this day in 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid
to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by
heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries,
with untold millions more watching on television.

President Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline, along with brother’s Bob
and Ted Kennedy together lit the “eternal flame”(above) which will
forever burn at the gravesite of JFK.

During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1783, British forces
evacuated New York, their last military position in the U.S. It was
also George Washington’s Triumphal Entry in New York City, as
depicted in the above painting. The events marked the cessation 
of hostilities between Great Britain and its former colonies.