Does Kennedy get a state funeral

[brettdale]

Or is that just for Presidents?

[bluestateguy]

1. I believe the President gets to designate who gets a state funeral

and it should be on the table, if the family wants it.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. It's not just for presidents.

He could have a State Funeral in Massachusetts.

The Congress, however, has the ability to grant a state funeral at the national level for non-presidents.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I believe that Rosa Parks did...

Parks eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Congressional Gold Medal, a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Her death in 2005 was a major story in the United States' leading newspapers. She was granted the posthumous honor of lying in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

[Ken Burch]

4. He'll undoubtably lie in state in the Rotunda

Did Teddy ever say where he wanted to be buried?

[Fearless]

5. Probably where the family is buried.

[Mass]

14. They announced he would be buried in Arlington National Cemetery

and lie in the Rotunda.

[NYC Liberal]

6. At the very least he ought to lie in state at the Capitol building

[Ken Burch]

7. I'm sure that will happen.

n/t.

[liberal N proud]

8. He had better

I want to see the week long event they did for RAYGUN. This man did more for America than the pukes want us to think Raygun did.

[Xenotime]

9. He deserves the highest honor an american can receive.

[aquart]

10. I would think so.

[Lancer]

11. He could be buried at Arlington,

because -- and I had forgotten this -- he was an Army PFC during the Korean War, but never saw combat.

We will learn his wishes soon enough.

Somehow I think Teddy would actually prefer to be buried in Ireland or have his ashes scattered at sea off his beloved Hyannisport.

[nradisic]

12. Absolutely

Teddy deserves a state funeral!

[Cetacea]

13. Yes. n/t

[mdmc]

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