Family Members Visit Kennedy’s Grave

Family members visited President Kennedy’s grave site in Arlington National Cemetery Saturday.

His daughter, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, his brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and others knelt before the eternal flame that is a memorial to the late president and laid flowers on the stones.

It was 40 years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, that Kennedy was killed in Dallas. He was 46.

President Bush, reflecting on Kennedy’s assassination, said the country still has “a feeling of loss that defies the passing of years.”

“America still misses our 35th president,” Bush said.

“John F. Kennedy has been gone nearly as long as he lived, yet the memory of him still brings pride to our nation and a feeling of loss that defies the passing of years,” Bush said in a statement Friday.

“We remember a man who welcomed great responsibilities and had a gift for awakening the idealism and sense of duty in others,” Bush said. “We remember a leader who called our nation to high purpose, and saw America through grave dangers with calm, discernment and personal courage.”