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McCain laid to rest at Naval Academy alongside old friend
NY Post ^ | September 2, 2018 | By Marisa Schultz and Laura Italiano

Posted on 09/02/2018 5:22:49 PM PDT by conservative98

John McCain was laid to rest Sunday on a green hill at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Md. alongside the classmate who was his “wing man” and lifelong friend.

The Vietnam War hero, maverick senator and two-time presidential candidate was bid farewell in a private ceremony beside the Severn River by his closest family members and friends, along with military dignitaries and members of his academy Class of 1958.

The Arizona senator’s final resting place is the cemetery near the fields and classrooms where he and his friend, Admiral Chuck Larson, met as young men six decades ago.

The senator died Aug. 25 from brain cancer at age 81.

A non-conformist to the end, McCain chose to be buried at the academy instead of Arlington National Cemetery with his father and grandfather, both Naval admirals.

“I want to smell the rose-scented breeze and feel the sun on my shoulders,” McCain wrote in his May memoir.

“I want to watch the hawks hunt from the sycamore, and then take my leave bound for a place near my old friend Chuck Larson, in the cemetery on the Severn, back where it began.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; chucklarson; johnmccain; mccain; navalacademy; strawberries
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MARK SIMONE ‏ Verified account @MarkSimoneNY 8h8 hours ago
If it had been Bob Dole who passed away, even though he was just as big a war hero as John McCain, and much more important as a Senator, it would have only gotten 2 minutes of coverage, because he was a Trump supporter.

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81 posted on 09/03/2018 1:01:00 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Finally!!!


82 posted on 09/03/2018 2:26:32 AM PDT by ontap
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To: KevinB

I’m think I agree with him but probably for entirely different reasons!!!


83 posted on 09/03/2018 2:40:47 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Theodore R.

That’s what fast forward was invented for!!!!


84 posted on 09/03/2018 2:42:11 AM PDT by ontap
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To: conservative98

The Vietnam War hero, maverick senator and two-time presidential candidate was bid farewell


Are they talking about the traitor who gave aid and comfort to the enemy? He’s a hero? Such BS!


85 posted on 09/03/2018 4:41:25 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: conservative98

“...laid to rest”. (Finally, after his coffin was dragged the length and breadth of the country for a week.)


86 posted on 09/03/2018 5:02:33 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: conservative98
Italian Trulli
87 posted on 09/03/2018 5:15:38 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Tailback

I’ve visited the Naval Academy but the cemetery is not on the tour.


88 posted on 09/03/2018 7:24:45 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: conservative98

Almost dropped him:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1036665080505659392


89 posted on 09/03/2018 11:08:04 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: AlaskaErik
McCain should have been Swiftboated in 2008.

No need. He never had a chance.

I meant in the primaries. He didn't face any serious criticism from other GOP candidates mainly because he was a 'senior statesman', a "war hero" and it was 'his turn'. Only an outside Swiftboat type group could have damaged him.

90 posted on 09/03/2018 7:23:24 PM PDT by libh8er
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He's now buried to the left of Chuck Larson's grave.
Larson was also a classmate in "'58 the Great'"
Until I saw his tombstone, I hadn't realized spouses were also permitted burial.
I guess Cindy's name will appear on his, ...her death date left open ...

91 posted on 09/03/2018 9:33:32 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY!)
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To: conservative98; 100American; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


92 posted on 09/08/2018 2:52:20 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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