The Assassination of JFK-- Part 8: Fifty Things

41. Jackie Kennedy requested an eternal flame be put by the grave.

42. Although she would remarry, today she is buried next to the president.

43. Two of the Kennedy's children, an infant son and daughter, are also buried with their parents.

44. The funeral day, Nov. 25, was also John Jr.'s third birthday.

45. Caroline would turn 6 two days later.

46. A taxi cab driver reported that the funeral crowds were oddly quiet: "...you could hear a pin drop."

47. An Irish military guard paid its respects at graveside, following commands shouted in Gaelic.

48. After the funeral, Jackie Kennedy met privately with three heads of state: Charles de Gaulle of France, Eamon de Valera of Ireland and Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

49. Near midnight that night, Jackie and Bobby Kennedy paid an unplanned visit to Kennedy's grave.

The first two letters that Lyndon Johnson wrote as president were to Caroline and John Jr.

Of all that happened that week, the funeral procession is what got to me the most. I still can't hear muffled drums without tearing up.

It Was Quite a Time.