Politics & Government

Live Video: See the Eternal Flame on the 50th Anniversary of Kennedy's Death

Arlington National Cemetery has two cameras that will stream video until 7 p.m. Friday.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy, two live video feeds of the eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery will be available through 7 p.m. Friday.

The streaming videos, provided by the military's Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, are available here and here.

Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and their spouses paid their respects at the Kennedy gravesite earlier this week.

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Monday morning, several dignitaries were slated to visit the site. Two British bagpipe players from the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) are scheduled to play at different times throughout the day.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder paid his respects shortly after sunrise, according to the Associated Press.

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Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, the commanding general of the U.S. Military District of Washington, Patrick K. Hallinan, executive director of Arlington National Cemetery and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith were scheduled to take part in a brief wreath-laying ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Smith served as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998.

United Kingdom Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott was scheduled to lay a wreath at 9 a.m., according to a schedule provided by the cemetery. Westmacott became the British ambassador to the United States in January 2012.

Rachad Bouhlal, the ambassador of Morocco to the United States, is scheduled to place flowers at the gravesite at 10:30 a.m.

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