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...Final Salute: Kennedy family members are joined by crewmen on the deck of the Navy destroyer USS Briscoe in a burial ceremony for John Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette off Martha's Vineyard on Thursday. Their ashes were committed to the sea about three miles from where the bodies were recovered Wednesday...
...Navy "commitment at sea." (As son of the captain of PT 109 ?- and the commander-in-chief ?- John was certainly entitled; the courtesy was extended to include his wife and her sister.) To the accompaniment of three rifle volleys, the ashes were cast into the water from the destroyer USS Briscoe. No gravesite. No towering mounds of flowers, no mawkish farewell notes from tear-stained girls who never knew him. Caroline knew him better than anyone, knew what his mother would have wanted, knew what he wanted. In some ways, he was the American Diana, perhaps, but the resemblance will...
...Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette were found Wednesday on the ocean floor off Martha?s Vineyard, four days after their small plane crashed on a Friday-night flight to the Massachusetts island. Following a request by the Kennedy family, which the Pentagon granted, the Navy destroyer USS Briscoe was dispatched to the area in anticipation of a burial at sea. The bodies were cremated. A memorial service for Kennedy and his wife will be held in New York City on Friday; a separate service for Lauren Bessette is scheduled for Saturday in Greenwich, Conn...
...USS CONSTITUTION...
...only does Boston host the country's oldest military post--it's got the world's oldest warship as well. A hundred and seventy-five feet long, with copper and brass work done by the Paul Revere, the USS Constitution is actually still under U.S. naval commission. But anyone can tour it for free, with uniformed sailors who can answer questions. They even fire off the ship's 42 guns twice a day, at 8 a.m. and sunset. Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown. (617) 242-5670. T-stop: Haymarket (then take the No. 92 or 93 bus to the Navy Yard...