John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the gravesite of assassinated United States President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. This permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used at the time of Kennedy's state funeral on November 25, 1963, three days after his assassination. The site was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, a long-time friend of Kennedy. The permanent John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame grave site was consecrated and opened to the public on March 15, 1967.
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery after its 2013 renovation
Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from Kennedy's casket after lighting the Eternal Flame
The original John F. Kennedy gravesite and Eternal Flame as they looked in May, 1964, 20 feet up the hill from the present-day relocated memorial.
View from the Kennedy grave site across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument
Presidential memorials in the United States
The presidential memorials in the United States honor presidents of the United States and seek to showcase and perpetuate their legacies.
The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Peacefield, the home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts
