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| Edward Kennedy laid to rest near |
| Edward Kennedy laid to rest near slain brothers
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-August-2009
7:57:33 AM |
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Veteran Senator Edward Kennedy was laid to rest alongside his slain brothers at a Virginia cemetery as the countrymen mourned the demise of the patriarch of America's most famous political family, eulogised as the "greatest legislator of our time" by President Barack Obama.
Kennedy, who died at the age of 77 on Tuesday last after a long battle with brain cancer, was buried last night at the Arlington National Cemetery at a private ceremony. Fondly called the 'Lion of the Senate', Kennedy, also known as Ted, was laid to rest next to his two brothers former President John F Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy.
With flags over the Capitol flying at half-mast, a squad of seven riflemen fired three volleys in a traditional military funeral ritual, and a bugler sounded taps. At the burial attended by his family members and close friends including Vice President Joe Biden and Senator John Kerry, Cardinal Theodore E McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington read out selected contents of a letter which Kennedy had written to Pope Benedict XVI.
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