Why can Ted Kennedy can be buried in Arlington cemetery?
The late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. Earlier in the day, President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the liberal icon’s funeral Mass in Boston. Mr. Obama will pay tribute to Senator Kennedy’s life and career, before about 1,500 people at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, a Roman Catholic church in Boston. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be among those in attendance. Kennedy died of brain cancer Tuesday, at the age of 77. The senator will be buried later Saturday just across the Potomac River from Washington, in a small, family ceremony, near the graves of his slain brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy. Vice President Joe Biden was among the speakers who honored the legendary lawmaker at a three-hour “celebration of life” Friday night in Boston. He told Kennedy’s children how much he admired the man with whom he served in the Senate for 36 years,
