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McCain ends 81-year journey with burial at Naval Academy
AP ^ | September 2, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 09/02/2018 6:31:09 AM PDT by C19fan

John McCain is being laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy after a five-day procession that served as a final call to arms for a nation he warned could lose its civility and sense of shared purpose.

The private ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, was as carefully planned as the rest of McCain's farewell tour, which began in Arizona after he died Aug. 25 from brain cancer and stretched to Washington.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; annapolis; johnmccain; maryland; mccain; mclame; navalacademy; strawberries
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To: Berosus

I am old enough to remember Robert Kennedy’s funeral


And I am old enough to remember JFK’s funeral. He was shot on Friday, body flown to DC that evening. Saturday & Sunday, lie in state at the Capitol, funeral/burial on Monday. There was wall-to-wall coverage on virtually every over-the-air TV station (all we had back then).


61 posted on 09/02/2018 7:30:38 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: KarlInOhio

THERE’S MORE TODAY???????


62 posted on 09/02/2018 7:31:50 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

How much fanfare will be accorded to Jimmah, should he ever go?


63 posted on 09/02/2018 7:32:36 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: C19fan

We’re burying Bush League Republicans hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico, McCain is just the first.


64 posted on 09/02/2018 7:34:39 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: C19fan

As long as we know where his carcass is, some day it can be dug up and thrown in a landfill somewhere. Long term goal for his remains.


65 posted on 09/02/2018 7:35:17 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: oh8eleven

He received his injuries from not following proper procedure for ejection.


66 posted on 09/02/2018 7:39:55 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: C19fan

They better put a chain link fence around his grave with at least a six foot margin because some people can piss that far.


67 posted on 09/02/2018 7:41:21 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: grania

Just wait until Meghan is appointed to Daddy’s Senate seat......


68 posted on 09/02/2018 7:41:43 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Trump20162020

I’d agree. This is absurd. Fat Teddy didn’t even get nearly this much attention, despite being the darling of Dems.

But what is most absurd is the lowering of the Flag. For a week.

I am SO sick of our flag being lowered for every damn thing. It’s disgusting and embarrassing, symbolizing constant weakness.


69 posted on 09/02/2018 7:46:25 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: b4me
John can be a failure and on the wrong side of things even after death.

McCain left all honor in the Hilton.

70 posted on 09/02/2018 7:46:29 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Afterguard

Hope was McCain eligible to be buried at the USNA?


71 posted on 09/02/2018 7:48:16 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: bigbob

Was anyone really offended? I suppose McCain is one small rung on the ladder above Jane Fonda, but that isn’t much of a positive. Just think when Kerry (he served in viet nam you know) craps out we can go through the whole circus again.


72 posted on 09/02/2018 7:51:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: C19fan

Just make sure they salt the ground after he’s planted.


73 posted on 09/02/2018 7:53:32 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: C19fan

The way things were going, I thought they would have built a pyramid for him on the Mall.


74 posted on 09/02/2018 7:54:11 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: C19fan

“Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends, we’re so glad you could attend...come inside....come inside....”


75 posted on 09/02/2018 7:54:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

MD ping


76 posted on 09/02/2018 7:55:03 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: bigbob

I love it !


77 posted on 09/02/2018 7:56:11 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: PUGACHEV
"They better put a chain link fence around his grave with at least a six foot margin because some people can piss that far."

I'll have to go on a windy day, after a 12 pack....

78 posted on 09/02/2018 8:03:17 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: oh8eleven

Actually, he was severely injured when his plane crashed.


79 posted on 09/02/2018 8:05:36 AM PDT by battletank
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To: chuckee
Not even close.

McCain's funeral was at best an eight day affair. He died on 8/25 and was finally buried on 9/1, 8 days after he died-a while but rather quick when compared to just recently deceased ...Aretha.

Ms. Franklin breathed her last on 8/16 and her funeral show ended on 8/31, 16 days later. A full 8 days beyond the pomp accorded McCain.

80 posted on 09/02/2018 8:14:29 AM PDT by skimbell
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