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...much of that time, the northwest part of Cambridge, between Porter Sq. and Arlington, was known as "Lynchville" because of his influence. Lynch began his political career in 1930 by winning election to the City's School Board, and in 1936 and 1937, under Cambridge's Plan B charter, he was twice elected mayor...
Cambridge Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 said last night that the City had lost "a good and devoted public servant." Crane called Lynch "a wonderful citizen and a very unusual one," and recalled that "he never liked to leave Cambridge. Whenever he got as far as East Arlington, he'd be homesick...
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara selected an Arlington site, showed it to Bobby Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith. Jackie herself inspected it on Sunday morning, approved, but asked that the grave be on a direct line between the flagpole at the Lee Mansion and the Lincoln Memorial. Army engineers hastened to the scene, conducted surveys, and laid out that direct line...
...recently marveled at an exhibition by Britain's Royal Highland "Black Watch" Regiment at the White House, had enjoyed Ireland's "Irish Guards" on his trip abroad last June, she asked for both. She suggested that the U.S. Air Force's own ceremonial bagpipers appear at Arlington, wailing off over a hill in an exit similar to one that had thrilled Kennedy on the White House lawn. She suggested that an "eternal light" be placed at the head of the grave. It is fed by propane gas so that at night it appears blue-Jack...
...their children, neared the end of the Requiem Mass and cried in his strangely discordant voice: "May the angels, dear Jack, lead you into Paradise." And to a few, it was the time when Air Force One, the blue-and-white presidential jet, thundered over the graveside ceremony in Arlington Cemetery. Said the pilot later: "The President liked the plane so much. We just thought it would be nice to fly over...