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The casket of President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Capitol Building, following a funeral procession from the White House; the flag-draped casket is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Jacqueline Kennedy walks at right with her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stand at far right. Riderless horse, Black Jack (led by Private First Class Arthur A. Carlson), stands in center. Honor guard pallbearers follow behind caisson, including: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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Former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, walks with her children, Caroline Kennedy (hidden) and John F. Kennedy, Jr., towards a car in the North Portico, prior to the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy from the White House to the Capitol Building. Walking behind Mrs. Kennedy: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; President Lyndon B. Johnson. White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, stands at right. Mourners and members of the press observe. Washington, D.C.