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Spectators watch the motorcade for Kennedy cross Memorial Bridge on its way to Arlington National Cemetery. The Lincoln Memorial is in the background.
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was buried Saturday, Aug. 29, during a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Earlier in the day, family and friends gathered for a funeral Mass in Boston.
The hearse bearing the remains of Sen. Kennedy leaves the Capitol in Washington.
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People gather on the steps of the Capitol to honor Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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A plane carrying Kennedy's remains takes off from Hanscom Air Force base in Bedford, Mass., en route to Washington.
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The honor guard places an American flag on the coffin of Sen. Edward Kennedy outside of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help after Kennedy's funeral Mass.
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Kennedy's wife, Victoria Kennedy, follows her husband's casket out of the funeral Mass.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy's casket arrives at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for his funeral Mass.
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The honor guard approaches the hearse carrying Kennedy's casket outside of the funeral.
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Kennedy's son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, escorts his mother Joan Bennett Kennedy to the funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston.
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Kennedy's family and friends gathered Friday evening for a private Irish-style wake featuring prayer, song and humor at the JFK Library. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, at left, told the mourners Kennedy was "a master of the Senate," not just because he knew his colleagues' foibles, but because he so clearly respected their humanity.
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., pays his respects at Kennedy's flag-draped casket inside the JFK Library in Boston Friday.
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The Kennedy family watches as Sen. Kennedy's casket is loaded into the hearse on Friday.
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A candlelight vigil in memory of Kennedy was held Wednesday at Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C..
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Robert Shriver III (right) embraces his cousin Edward Kennedy Jr. next to the casket of Sen. Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Thursday.
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An Honor Guard carries Kennedy's casket to an awaiting hearse at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Thursday.
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An Honor Guard carries Kennedy's casket to an awaiting hearse at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Thursday.
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A candlelight vigil was held in memory of Kennedy at Dupont Circle Wednesday in Washington.
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