A Secret Sculpture Built for John F. Kennedy's Grave Vanished in the 1970s. Half a Century Later, the Mystery Has Been Solved
Briefly

from Smithsonian Magazine3 months ago
"I witnessed the autopsy, I witnessed the embalming. I witnessed the changing of the casket and then, of course, the final services at St. Matthew's Cathedral, after moving it from the White House to the [U.S. Capitol] Rotunda."
Smithsonian Magazinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-secret-sculpture-built-for-john-f-kennedys-grave-vanished-in-the-1970s-half-a-century-later-the-mystery-has-been-solved-180985235/
"The night before they carried the casket up the steps of the Capitol, the Honor Guard filled a coffin with sandbags and practiced marching it up and down the stairs of Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier until 1 a.m."
Smithsonian Magazinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-secret-sculpture-built-for-john-f-kennedys-grave-vanished-in-the-1970s-half-a-century-later-the-mystery-has-been-solved-180985235/
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