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The actual Western Union telegram inviting Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy to their son’s funeral
These telegrams were sent to select attendees (such as family members, dignitaries, and notable figures) and served as an official admission pass for the Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Recipients had to keep and present the telegram immediately upon request for identification
Following the mass on June 8, 1968, RFK's body was transported via a 21-car funeral train from New York City to Washington, D.C., lined by hundreds of thousands of mourners along the tracks before his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Headed "Hon. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy Family" in Hyannis Port, dated June 7, 1968, it reads in part: "You are invited to attend a requiem mass in memory of Robert Francis Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Saturday, June 8, at 10:00 A.M. Please enter through the Fifth Avenue Entrance by 9:30 A.M. Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, at 5:40 P.M. You are welcome to travel on the funeral train from New York to Washington."
Rose Kennedy attended. Joseph P Kennedy Sr. stayed at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts due to his failing health.
This comes from the estate of a Kennedy family member who was also the caretaker for Joseph Kennedy. Simply an amazing Kennedy relic.
The actual Western Union telegram inviting Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy to their son’s funeral
These telegrams were sent to select attendees (such as family members, dignitaries, and notable figures) and served as an official admission pass for the Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Recipients had to keep and present the telegram immediately upon request for identification
Following the mass on June 8, 1968, RFK's body was transported via a 21-car funeral train from New York City to Washington, D.C., lined by hundreds of thousands of mourners along the tracks before his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Headed "Hon. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy Family" in Hyannis Port, dated June 7, 1968, it reads in part: "You are invited to attend a requiem mass in memory of Robert Francis Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Saturday, June 8, at 10:00 A.M. Please enter through the Fifth Avenue Entrance by 9:30 A.M. Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, at 5:40 P.M. You are welcome to travel on the funeral train from New York to Washington."
Rose Kennedy attended. Joseph P Kennedy Sr. stayed at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts due to his failing health.
This comes from the estate of a Kennedy family member who was also the caretaker for Joseph Kennedy. Simply an amazing Kennedy relic.