The first funeral plans are emerging.
Kennedy to lie in repose at JFK Museum before funeral in Boston
By Globe Staff
Senator Edward M. Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum before his funeral at a historic Boston church where he prayed daily while his daughter successfully battled her own cancer. Kennedy will then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to his brothers.
Kennedy's funeral is being planned for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in the Mission Hill section of Boston. Commonly known as the Mission Church, the cavernous basilica on Tremont Street was built in the 1870s. Kennedy prayed there while his daughter, Kara, overcame cancer.
An official at Arlington National Cemetery said that plans are underway to lay Kennedy to rest next to his brothers at the military burial ground where some of the nation's most revered leaders are buried. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said the Military District of Washington will be in charge of making all the arrangements at the national shrine, located just across the Potomac River on a bluff overlooking the capital city.
All times and dates are still being determined by the Kennedy family.Tribute areas to honor the senator have been set up at the JFK Library in Boston, the JFK Museum in Hyannis, and at his office in Washington D.C. in the Russell Senate Building.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to educational programming at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. A website has been set up in memory of Kennedy where people can post their memories.
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Updating with additional info from the NYT:
Kennedy Funeral Arrangements Set
By KATE PHILLIPS
The official tributes and funeral services for Senator Edward M. Kennedy will begin on Thursday morning, when his body is carried by motorcade from the family compound in Hyannis Port to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
There, his body will lie in repose beginning in the afternoon and evening for public viewing, and again on Friday. On Friday evening, a formal wake will be held at the library, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Senators John Kerry and John McCain among the notable featured speakers.
On Saturday, a funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica. President Obama will speak at the mass. Afterward, Senator Kennedy’s body will be carried by plane to Virginia, where a burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery will take place in the afternoon. The times have not yet been officially released...
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