Program from President Kennedy's funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral

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Program from President Kennedy's funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral

Program from President John F. Kennedy's funeral services held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 25, 1963.Program is printed on cream-colored paper with a black border around each page. Inside and back pages of the program are blank except for the black borders. Front of the program has an embossed presidential seal centered near the top with the following text printed below: "Funeral ServicesofJohn Fitzgerald KennedyLate President of the United StatesNovember twenty-fifthNineteen hundred and sixty-threeAt twelve noonSaint Matthews CathedralRhode Island Avenue NW.Between 17th and 18th".

Object Details
Object title:

Program from President Kennedy's funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral

Date:

11/25/1963

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (20 × 12.4 cm)

Credit line:

Philip "Doc" Carver Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2017.021.0001

Curatorial Note:

Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections

This program was donated to the Museum by Philip Carver, Jr. His late father, Philip "Doc" Carver, served as a White House Naval Aide to President Kennedy in 1963 and was therefore invited to attend the funeral Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Program from President Kennedy's funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral

Program from President John F. Kennedy's funeral services held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 25, 1963.Program is printed on cream-colored paper with a black border around each page. Inside and back pages of the program are blank except for the black borders. Front of the program has an embossed presidential seal centered near the top with the following text printed below: "Funeral ServicesofJohn Fitzgerald KennedyLate President of the United StatesNovember twenty-fifthNineteen hundred and sixty-threeAt twelve noonSaint Matthews CathedralRhode Island Avenue NW.Between 17th and 18th".

Object Details
Object title:

Program from President Kennedy's funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral

Date:

11/25/1963

Terms:

Funeral

Funeral Mass

Mourning

Kennedy, John F.

St. Matthew's Cathedral

Washington, D.C.

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

7 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (20 × 12.4 cm)

Credit line:

Philip "Doc" Carver Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2017.021.0001

Curatorial Note:

Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, "Mourning a President," about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections

This program was donated to the Museum by Philip Carver, Jr. His late father, Philip "Doc" Carver, served as a White House Naval Aide to President Kennedy in 1963 and was therefore invited to attend the funeral Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator