I finally visited Arlington Cemetery. I got to see Gen meig's grave, and that of his son. His son was ambushed by "bushwackers" and killed, left to lie in the road. His father had a bronze statue made showing how his son was found, and vowed to bury his son in Gen Lee's wife's rose garden. That is how Arlington Cemetery began.Also I saw Phil Kearney's grave, and his statue is him on his horse, without his left arm - awesome grave. John Kennedy's grave was beautiful - overlooking Washington DC, you can see the lincoln memorial, the washington memorial, and US Congress. A beautiful location to spend eternity: kennedy would have loved it. he was very fatalistic, did not think he would live long, had addison's disease and probably would not have lived out his second term. To die in an assassination, filmed for everyone to see, and to be buried a hero's burial overlooking Washington DC probably exceeded even his expectations. Bobby Kennedy's gave was also there, a simple grave, and his quote from April 4 1968 was there. Story is, he was flying to Indianapolis to give a campaign speech, heard about Kings death, was late, but insisted upon arriving to go to a campaign stop in the african american neighborhood: at this time, riots were breaking out, his advisors urged him not to go. He went anyway, it was raining, and he announced King's death to the small crowd (there were screams, "no no!") and then he gave his speech, off cuff, not spin doctors, no Karl Rove there to write it for him Bobby said what we needed was "love and wisdom." he said love...no politician I have heard has ever said we need to love one another. There has never been a man like bobby kennedy. I cried at his grave, couple people looked at me like there was something wrong...I still remember the morning I woke up and the news was reporting his death.
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