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Arlington flame bound for Irish site where JFK visited 50 years ago. June 18, 2013 -- The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame generated new light today. Part of the flame was taken by torch from the ...
The Eternal Flame torch — a tribute to isle veterans — has been fixed after vandals damaged it. “We sincerely apologize to our veterans, their families and the public for the delay in repair ...
They took it to the torch at the Evergreen Cemetery. They planned to return it together, but didn’t get the chance. Brad Pilkenton died in February at age 79 .
An Irish memorial lit using fire taken from John F. Kennedy's eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery went out just four days later.The late president's sister Jean Kennedy Smith, his ...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Residents and visitors are invited to witness Fort Walton Beach’s eternal flame honoring US Veterans’ return to life on Aug. 23. The torch at the … ...
On a November day in 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy stood before the coffin of her late husband, lighting a torch at the head of the grave with the intention of the flame being an eternal symbol of John ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1963 (UPI) - An "eternal flame" burned at the flower-blanketed grave of John F. Kennedy today in lasting memorial to the assassinated 35th president of the United States.
Randy Barton, an Arlington National Cemetery engineering technician, lights a temporary flame using a torch that was lit from the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at the cemetery April 29, 2013.
To honor those coworkers, a group of employees constructed a special tribute — an eternal flame. ... The torch will be officially lit at VTA's private memorial next week.
A four-mile, lakefront Torch Run featuring Special Olympics athletes and law enforcement officers is slated for July 20, which will conclude with the official lighting of the eternal flame.
This weekend Chicago will mark the very special golden anniversary of the Special Olympics, starting with a lighting of an eternal flame and a ceremonial run and torch-lighting.