{"id":1049,"date":"2016-02-01T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2016\/02\/01\/the-kennedy-graves"},"modified":"2021-09-23T05:31:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:31:32","slug":"the-kennedy-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"The Kennedy graves"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve heard it said that America changed forever the day that JFK died. Having not been born until 1970, I can only rely on history for validity of this statement.<\/h5>\n
I can tell you though that walking in Arlington cemetery and coming to the flame that burns eternally at the grave stone markers for JFK and his wife is a humbling and moving experience.<\/h5>\n
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Politics are not discussed here, only the occasional question raised by young minds as their parents softly answer them in tear choked whispers.<\/h5>\n
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I leave a penny on the grave marker of RFK, and look up to see our country’s flag gently flapping in the autumn wind. I hear a family remark that the Kennedy’s uncle has a tombstone here as well, as he lost his life in World War One.<\/h5>\n
So much sacrifice, for their country, for their beliefs, for each and every one of us.<\/h5>\n
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It was a moment of pride and unparalleled loss that I felt simultaneously upon the hallowed grounds of Arlington.<\/h5>\n\n\n
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