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Jun 5, 2018 · Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train: Story Behind Rare Photos. By Olivia B. Waxman. June 5, 2018 10:00 AM EDT. When Robert F. Kennedy was shot on June 5, 1968 — exactly 50 years ago —...
Jul 17, 2020 · The photographer Paul Fusco who captured images of Robert Kennedy’s funeral train has died aged 90.
- Planning The Logistics—And Optics—Of A Funeral Train
- Who Was on The Train?
- A Tragic Accident
- ‘What The Hell Was The Nation Going to Do Now?’
- ‘Everyone Was Just Numb’
- A Million-Plus Mourners
Once it became clear that RFK was not going to survive his wounds, family members started planning for the aftermath. They decided to hold the funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, followed by a burial at Arlington National Cemetery the same day. The main practical question was how they would get the thousands of mourners from New York to...
RFK’s body was flown to New York for a requiem mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on the morning of June 8, attended by some 2,000 people, including President Lyndon Johnson. Afterward, about 700 invited guests boarded 30 buses for the short trip to Penn Station, where they were screened by the Secret Service before being allowed to enter the train....
As they emerged from the tunnel under the Hudson River into the bright sunshine of northern New Jersey, the passengers got their first glimpse of the enormous crowds gathered to view the train. On the river beside the train tracks, passengers spied a little red Harbor boat with the crew standing at attention on the deck, saluting as the train passe...
RFK’s funeral train continued to pass through a succession of small stations, clusters of towns and big urban centers. In New Brunswick, a lone bugler stood on the station platform sounding taps. In rural areas, girls flocked tothe railroad on horseback, and boys looked down from trees. Outside Philadelphia, a junior high school band played “Americ...
The depth of such desperation showed in the countless trackside mourners.Many passengers ventured on the platform between trains to try to get a better feel for the mesmerizing crowds. “Inside the train, you couldn’t hear anything,” said humorist Art Buchwald. “But on the platform, you could hear the cheers, and the people crying.” Standing between...
The trip lasted for eight hours—twice as long as expected—because more than one million people had massed along the tracks and milled in stations to honor their slain hero. Some waited for hours. Others arrived as word spread by radio or television. It was a microcosm of America on a summer Saturday afternoon: working people, businessmen, housewive...
Apr 3, 2018 · Robert Kennedy is now dead. He was shot in the head at 12:15 A.M. , on June 5, 1968, in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angeles, moments after declaring victory in the California ...
- Louis Menand
Mar 17, 2018 · On June 8, 1968, three days after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, his body was carried by a funeral train from New York City to Washington, D.C., for burial at Arlington Cemetery. The Train looks at this historical event through three distinct works.
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