Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-055
Sound recording of funeral ceremonies for President John F. Kennedy performed remotely at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial (also known as the North African War Memorial Cemetery) near Carthage, Tunisia, on November 25, 1963, days after the death of President Kennedy. Speakers include United States Ambassador to Tunisia Francis H. Russell and President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia. Ambassador Russell eulogizes President Kennedy and describes his commitment to peace, quoting from President Kennedy's commencement address at American University on June 10, 1963, and later quoting from William Wordsworth's poem "Character of the Happy Warrior." President Bourguiba delivers remarks in French. Accession MR-1965-081.