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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-37336 POOR PEOPLE’S LEADER JAILED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Ralph Abernathy peers through the barred window of a bus taking him to jail in Washington, D.C. The head of the Southern Leadership Conference, with some 300 others, was arrested for attempting to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds. His arrest followed ouster of residents from Resurrection City by police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.Topics:Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:United States--Race relations., Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358350
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-29939 PAPAL TRIBUTE VIA TELSTAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A giant screen at Georgetown University bears the image of Pope Paul VI as he congratulates the school on the start of its 175th anniversary year. From his private library in the Vatican, the pontiff read a message in which he described the Jesuit institution as the alma mater of Catholic colleges in the U.S. The program was televised via the Telstar communications satellite on the Pope’s 66th birthday. Georgetown was founded in 1789, the same year in which the U.S. Constitution was adopted. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WASH-9D-63-RB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978--Birth., Georgetown University--Anniversaries, etc., Georgetown University--Students., Georgetown University.Topics:Popes., Anniversaries., Project Telstar., Catholic universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Artificial satellites in telecommunication.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358073
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-29886 PRIEST BACKS CUBA VISITORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Father Felix McGowan, M.M., a priest suspended by his superiors in the Maryknoll order, has thrown his support behind some 50 students who went on an unauthorized trip to Cuba. He is shown here as he addressed the students at a Washington rally. Father McGowan, a former missionary in Bolivia, was suspended from his priestly duties after he himself went to Cuba as a reporter for The Catholic Worker, a periodical published in New York. The suspended Maryknoller commented that there is religious freedom in Cuba. “All the churches are open. Priests can preach. Anybody can go to church,” he said. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WASH-9C-63-RB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., McGowan, Felix., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.Topics:Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Journalists--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--Cuba.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990., United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358060
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-31892 JESUIT UNIVERSITY HONORS PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Newly-elected Presidents in a Washington setting. The Very Rev. Gerard J. Campell, inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, looks on as President Johnson receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Jesuit school. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-12A-64-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Georgetown University., Georgetown University--Faculty., Campell, Gerard John., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits.Topics:Presidents--United States., Degrees, Academic--Washington (D.C.), Universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Commencement ceremonies--Washington (D.C.), Catholic universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356586
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-32133 DR. KING MEETS WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is escorted by Vice President Humphrey to the White House for a meeting with President Johnson to discuss the Negro voter registration drive in Selma, Ala. After the conference, the noted Negro Baptist leader said the President “made it clear to me that he plans to offer legislation to Congress specifically on voting rights.” Dr. King, winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, spent five days in the Dallas County, Ala., jail. He was arrested on charges of parading without a police permit in Selma where he led demonstrations for Negro registrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2B-65-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Voter registration--Alabama--Selma., Vice presidents--United States., Suffrage--United States., Civil rights--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Selma (Ala.), Alabama--Race relations.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355943
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-32075 PRESIDENT TAKES OATH ON FAMILY BIBLE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson, with one had resting on the family Bible held by his wife, takes his oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Vice President Hubert Humphrey was sworn in minutes earlier by House Speaker John McCormack of Massachusetts. The Bible which Mrs. Johnson held had been given to the President’s family by his mother, Mrs. Rebekah Baines Johnson, 13 years ago when they moved to the LBJ ranch in Johnson City, Texas. The Vice President used a Bible which has been in the Humphrey family for generations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Inauguration., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Warren, Earl, 1891-1974., White House (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Inauguration Day., Presidents--Inauguration--United States., Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Vice presidents--United States., Judges--Washington (D.C.), Bible.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355935
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-32074 CLERGY AND CHOIR AT INAUGURAL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish clergy leaders, as well as this 300-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir, participated in the inauguration of President Johnson at the Capitol. In their prayers, the clergymen asked God’s blessings on the Chief Executive, Vice President Humphrey and all their associates in making and administering the laws of the land. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Inauguration., Mormon Tabernacle Choir., White House (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Inauguration Day., Presidents--Inauguration--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Choirs (Music)--Washington (D.C.), Buildings--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355934
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-32073 PRESIDENT ATTENDS INAUGURAL SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President and Mrs. Johnson leave National City Christian church, accompanied by its pastor, Dr. George R. Davis, after an interreligious Inauguration Day service. Behind them are Lynda B. and Luci B., the President’s daughters; Evangelist Billy Graham, who preached the sermon; and Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey. The service in the Disciples of Christ national church, which the President attends, was led by Dr. Davis. Prayers also were offered by Episcopal, Catholic and Jewish clergy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1C-65-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-, Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Brown, Muriel Buck Humphrey., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Davis, George R. (George Richard), 1908 or 1909-, National City Christian Church (Washington, D.C.), Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Vice presidents--United States., Presidents--Inauguration--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Evangelists--Washington (D.C.), Inauguration Day.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355933
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-31994 AT SERVICE FOR 89TH CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson and Vice President-elect Humphrey are greeted by Protestant leaders at Washington’s National Presbyterian church for a prayer and communion service just prior to the opening of the 89th Congress. Shown with them are Dr. Edler G. Hawkins, moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (left), and Dr. Edward L.R. Elson, minister of the host church. The service was attended by about 50 Congressmen, armed forces officials, other government leaders and guests. National unity was the major theme of intercessory prayers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993., National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Vice presidents--United States., Prayer--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355923
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30720 REQUIEM SERVICE FOR KING PAUL IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson and government, religious and diplomatic representatives attend a funeral service for King Paul of Greece in Washington's Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sophia. The President is shown seated at right of the aisle in front pew. The unusual photo was made through a window of the cathedral. Similar requiem services for the world's last Orthodox monarch were held in New York and other cities. Archbishop Iakovos of New York, head of Greek Orthodox in North and South America and a member of the U.S. delegation at the King's funeral in Athens, proclaimed a 40-day mourning period. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-3B-64-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Clergy.Topics:Funeral service--Washington (D.C.), Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity., Presidents--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Greece--Kings and rulers.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353826
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30530 RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS HONOR SENATOR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R.--S.D.) is honored at the annual convention of National Religious Broadcasters at Washington, D.C. Dr. Eugene Bertermann, left, president of the NRB, presented the citation which lauded Sen. Mundt for "distinguished leadership" in the Senate and for bringing "sound religious principles" to federal government. Broadcasters heard an advertising executive explain the effectiveness of Mennonite Broadcasts' policy of sponsoring 30-second religious messages as radio advertisement. They also heard Dr. John W. Bachman, chairman of the board of managers of the National Council of Churches' Broadcasting and Film Commission, call for cooperation between liberals and conservatives in religious radio and television. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-1E-64-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974., Bertermann, Eugene., National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.)Topics:Radio broadcasting--Religious aspects., Interdenominational cooperation., Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353786
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30629 PERPETUATING THE KENNEDY IDEALS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson reads a scroll that, as a "living memorial" to the late President Kennedy pledges 6,000 students of Seton Hall University to perpetuate Mr. Kennedy's ideals of freedom and democracy under God. With the Chief Executive at the White House are, left to right, Rep. Joseph Minish (D.--N.J.); the Very Rev. E. J. Fleming, vice-president of the South Orange, N.J. university; student council president John McCarthy of Bridgeport, Conn; and students Gerard Clark of River Edge, N.J. and Gregory Fusco of Orange, N.J. President Johnson told the students that Mr. Kennedy's "most important contribution was his persuasive argument to the young people of our country to enter the field of politics and government." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3C-64-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Seton Hall University--Students., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Minish, Joseph G., Fleming, Edward J., McCarthy, John., Clark, Gerard., Fusco, Gregory.Topics:Presidents--United States., Youth--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353730
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30609 BONGO BEAT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Songs to the accompaniment of bongo drums. The drummers are Sister Pierre de Sauveur, left, and Sister Thomas Edward of the White Sisters of Africa. Members of their order sang African folk songs at a Washington, D.C. program for African missions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-RO-2B-64-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., White Sisters.Topics:Folk songs--Africa., Bongo music., Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Missions--Study and teaching--Washington (D.C.), Missionaries--Africa.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353722
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30528 PRESIDENT ATTENDS RED MASS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson chats with Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle of Washington following the annual Red Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral. The Chief Executive led a large group of government officials, judges and diplomats to the annual service. Later in the day, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson went to the National Cemetery at Arlington to visit the grave of President Kennedy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-1E-64-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., O’Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., St. Matthew’s Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), Catholic Church--Bishops.Topics:Red mass--Washington (D.C.), Mass--Celebration., Presidents--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353705
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Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Clergy.Topics:Funeral service--Washington (D.C.), Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity., Presidents--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Greece--Kings and rulers.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353602
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Description:Alternate caption.Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994., Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.), Kiernan, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1897-1967., Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.Topics:Saint Patrick's Day--Washington (D.C.), Patriotism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Presidents' spouses--United States., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353548
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30390 CANDLELIGHT SERVICE FOR LATE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson, the First Lady and their daughter, Lucy Baines, hold lighted candles during memorial service at the Lincoln Memorial ending a 30-day period of official national mourning for the late John F. Kennedy. Thousands of other persons also held flickering candles at the service and heard the Chief Executive give a moving eulogy to the assassinated President Kennedy. Paraphrasing Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Mr. Johnson said: “For let us here on this Christmas night determine that John Kennedy did not live or die in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, good will toward all men.” President Johnson called on all Americans to use Christmas as a time of thanks-giving, hope and dedication. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-12D-63-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson.Topics:Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Memorial service.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352990
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30293 A LITTLE BOY’S BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., (John John to his Dad), is escorted to a pew at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C. With his sister Caroline, six, he accompanied his mother to the Pontifical Requiem Mass for his father, the 35th President of the United States. The body of the slain President was laid to rest on Nov. 25, 1963: John John’s third birthday. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999., Catholic Church--Liturgy., St. Matthew’s Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Funeral service--Washington (D.C.), Funeral service--Catholic Church., Children of presidents--United States.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352980
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30282 FIRST FAMILY ATTENDS MEMORIAL CEREMONY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sadness and the new burdens of the Presidency weigh heavily upon Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S. Here, the President and Mrs. Johnson, accompanied by their daughter Lucy Baines, arrive at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, Washington, to attend a memorial service for the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Mr. Johnson is a Disciples of Christ layman, Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., St. Mark’s Church (Washington, D.C. : Episcopal)Topics:Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Memorial service.Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352975
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30281 FAREWELL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A courageous woman says goodbye to her husband and a little girl reaches to touch the flag to which her father had brought honor. Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Caroline kneel before the bier in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The late President’s wife bent to kiss the casket. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)Topics:Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Funeral rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)Geographic subjects:Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352974
