Collection Presidential Retreats
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Presidential Funerals - Photo 1
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- John F. Kennedy Library
Presidential Funerals - Photo 1
This is a photograph of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walking with President John F. Kennedy's brothers Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, and Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Senator, during his funeral procession on November 25, 1963.
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