This sculpture made of bronze was erected on World Day of the Sick, February 11th 2000. The sculpture is located in the Mater Plot Berkeley Road but I have never been able to gain access to the park which also features a large Celtic Cross.

The sculpture represents the Burning Bush. At its centre is a flame which never dies and which reminds us of the everlasting love of God. The Flame symbolises the Light of Christ which brightened our world at the dawn of the first millennium. The Tree symbolises the Tree of the Cross and Christ’s redeeming Mission. The Hands which form the foliage symbolise Christ’s healing ministry which continues through the caring and healing hands of the Sisters and staff of The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

The gas for the flame was given free of charge in perpetuity by An Bord Gais our national gas company.

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Designed by architects Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop who were both World War I veterans, the Shrine is in a classical style, being based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens.

Built from Tynong granite, the Shrine originally consisted only of the central sanctuary surrounded by the ambulatory. The sanctuary contains the marble Stone of Remembrance, upon which is engraved the words "Greater love hath no man". Once a year, on 11 November at 11 a.m. (Remembrance Day), a ray of sunlight shines through an aperture in the roof to light up the word "Love" in the inscription. [Source: Wikipedia]

In the centre of Tashkent, like in many cities in the countries of the former Soviet Union, there is an eternal flame memorial complex. The memorial complex, located in Memorial Square, is located next to Independence Square. Previously there was a war memorial here called “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”, which also had an eternal flame. Now there is a sculpture of the Grieving Mother, created by Ilkhom Jabbarov. He named the sculpture “The Waiting Mother” as a symbol of all the mothers waiting for the safe return of their sons home from war, and is understood to be modelled on the likeness of his own mother.

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The tomb of JFK and Jacqueline at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Buried with them here are there stillborn daughter Arabella and their son Patrick, who died at two days old from infant respiratory distress syndrome.

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

After Kennedy's military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during World War II in the South Pacific, his aspirations turned political. With the encouragement and grooming of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat, and served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election, one of the closest in American history. He was the second-youngest President (after Theodore Roosevelt), the first President born in the 20th century, and the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43. Kennedy is the first and only Catholic president, and is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize. Events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War.

Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime but was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby before he could be put on trial. The FBI, the Warren Commission, and the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Oswald was the assassin, with the HSCA allowing for the probability of conspiracy based on disputed acoustic evidence. The event proved to be an important moment in U.S. history because of its impact on the nation and the ensuing political repercussions. Today, Kennedy continues to rank highly in public opinion ratings of former U.S. presidents.

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and historic preservation, her style and elegance, and her public stoicism in the wake of President Kennedy's assassination.

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The tradition of lighting a flame in honour of fallen soldiers has existed since ancient times. In more recent memory, the first eternal flame was lit in 1923 at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Later, eternal flame memorials appeared in Belgium, Portugal, Romania, and the Czech Republic.

On 8 May 1967, the eternal flame in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War was lit in the Alexander Gardens near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

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Die Tradition, ein Feuer zu Ehren der gefallenen Kämpfer zu entzünden, geht auf die Antike zurück. In neuerer Zeit wurde das erste Ewige Feuer 1923 am Arc de Triomphe in Paris eingerichtet. Danach entstanden Gedenkstätten mit dem Ewigen Feuer in Belgien, Portugal, Rumänien und Tschechien.

Am 8. Mai 1967 wurde das Ewige Feuer zum Gedenken an die Gefallenen im Großen Vaterländischen Krieg im Alexandergarten an der Kremlmauer in Moskau entflammt.

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Традиция зажигать огонь в честь погибших воинов родилась еще в древности. В новейшее время первый мемориальный Вечный огонь был зажжен в 1923 году у Триумфальной арки в Париже. Затем мемориалы с Вечным огнем появились в Бельгии, Португалии, Румынии, Чехии.

Первый вечный огонь в СССР загорится в октябре 1957 года в Ленинграде на Марсовом поле у памятника "Борцам революции". Вечный огонь на Марсовом поле станет источником пламени для большинства воинских мемориалов, открытых в городах-героях СССР.

8 мая 1967 года Вечный огонь в память о павших в Великой Отечественной войне будет зажжен в Александровском саду у Кремлевской стены в Москве.

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I have had the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. about four times and each time the planes fell apart at the last minute. I think the fascination with the capital city started when I was about 15 and my Dad bought me a detailed brochure about the Smithsonian museum and as a boy who loves museums it was just fascinating to learn about all the milestones of human history they have accumulated over the years. All the planning I have done for the aborted previous trips were bustling out of my notebook when I decided to finally take the trip to D.C. during the July 4th weekend.

We spend the Saturday over at the cool weather of the blue ridge mountains and Luray Caverns in VA and decided to hit DC for two days and unfortunately for us so did the biggest heat wave in DC’s recent history. The weather was unforgiving both hot and humid at the same time and our initial trip to Arlington National Cemetery had us beat in 30 minutes, none of us had any energy to do any more exploring and we hit the hotel pool with a vengeance and didn’t came out until the life guard kicked us out before closing. I am kind of ashamed at the way I couldn’t handle the weather after living 22 years in India, I guess 4 years in New England will ruin one’s ability to handle heat & humidity.

Though I got a lot of amazing shots of the mountains and the cavern, this was the only decent shot I got from the DC trip. It’s the final resting Place of John F Kennedy. I visited the place where he got shot in Texas and studied in a college a stone’s throw away from his presidential library and finally reached his resting place. It’s strange that in the searing heat this was the only place I got to see on my trip.

So I guess it’ll be a little more time before I am going to post the clichéd pictures of the Lincoln memorial and the Capitol.

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Change of Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow Russia

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Every town in Australia has a memorial to sodliers from Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) who died in World War I

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There were very few people on the hill in the snow, but lots of Mounties on Patrol.

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The tradition of lighting a flame in honour of fallen soldiers has existed since ancient times. In more recent memory, the first eternal flame was lit in 1923 at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Later, eternal flame memorials appeared in Belgium, Portugal, Romania, and the Czech Republic.

On 8 May 1967, the eternal flame in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War was lit in the Alexander Gardens near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

- - - - -

Die Tradition, ein Feuer zu Ehren der gefallenen Kämpfer zu entzünden, geht auf die Antike zurück. In neuerer Zeit wurde das erste Ewige Feuer 1923 am Arc de Triomphe in Paris eingerichtet. Danach entstanden Gedenkstätten mit dem Ewigen Feuer in Belgien, Portugal, Rumänien und Tschechien.

Am 8. Mai 1967 wurde das Ewige Feuer zum Gedenken an die Gefallenen im Großen Vaterländischen Krieg im Alexandergarten an der Kremlmauer in Moskau entflammt.

- - - - -

Традиция зажигать огонь в честь погибших воинов родилась еще в древности. В новейшее время первый мемориальный Вечный огонь был зажжен в 1923 году у Триумфальной арки в Париже. Затем мемориалы с Вечным огнем появились в Бельгии, Португалии, Румынии, Чехии.

Первый вечный огонь в СССР загорится в октябре 1957 года в Ленинграде на Марсовом поле у памятника "Борцам революции". Вечный огонь на Марсовом поле станет источником пламени для большинства воинских мемориалов, открытых в городах-героях СССР.

8 мая 1967 года Вечный огонь в память о павших в Великой Отечественной войне будет зажжен в Александровском саду у Кремлевской стены в Москве.

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This is one of the roses by my driveway.. I am planning on redoing that bed this coming spring but haven't decided which roses I want to put in the bed... One that I saw at the Dahlia fields, I fell in love with and would love to have it.. Glenda Marie is its name and I have a picture posted of it... And another to post one of these dreary days...

The Centennial Flame also known as the Eternal Flame is a symbolic flame that forms the central element of a fountain, itself located symmetrically in the walkway between the Queen's Gates and the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Lit by then Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson on New Year's Eve 1967, to officially inaugurate the Canadian Centennial celebrations, the flame is fed by a natural gas jet that sits under a metal dome depicting the centennial year logo: a stylised maple leaf. The flame, however, is not an eternal one, as it is routinely extinguished during inclement weather or for cleaning, and relit.

The original plan in 1967 was to remove the Centennial Flame at the end of the Centennial year, but public pressure convinced the federal government to make it a permanent fixture on Parliament Hill.

The fountain's water runs from beneath the coats of arms for each of the provinces and territories of Canada as they existed in 1966, into a moat surrounded by a wall that lists the year each province and territory joined the Canadian Confederation in Canada.

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It was freezing, shortly after this shot my hands went numb and I couldn't physically trigger my camera anymore.

Hall of Memory

Australian War Memorial

Campbell, Canberra, Australia.

The Australian War Memorial is located at the foot of Mt. Ainslie in Campbell, Canberra.

The War Memorial is unique as it is both a museum and a shrine.

The Memorial was founded to commemorate the 60,000 Australians who died in WWI (1914-1918).

Since the Second World War it has been updated to include the remembrance of fallen Australians in all military conflicts.

The AWM was the vision of Charles Bean (1879-1968) who was a journalist & Australia’s Official War Correspondent in WWI.

Bean served at Gallipoli & the Western Front & witnessed first-hand the terrible battles during the First World War.

Charles Bean later became Australia’s war historian and edited much of the ‘Official History of Australia in the 1914-18 War’.

Bean approached the Australian Government with his idea for a memorial & they accepted the proposal.

An architectural competition was held in 1927 but failed to provide satisfactory single design.

Two of the entrants in the competition, Emil Sodersten & John Crust, were invited to submit a joint design.

This incorporated Sodersten’s vision for the building & Crust’s concept of cloisters to house the Roll of Honour.

The construction of the building was completed in 1941.

The Australian War Memorial was officially opened on Remembrance Day, at 11am on 11th November 1941, by Governor-General Lord Gowrie.

The AWM is a sandstone building of Byzantine architectural style with art deco elements used throughout.

The floor plan of the memorial is in the shape of a cross.

John Treloar (1894-1952) is another important figure in the history & realisation of the AWM. Treloar also was part of the Gallipoli landing.

In 1917, as a Captain, he was appointed as head of the newly created Australian War Records Section in London.

After the war John Treloar devoted his life to the Australian War Memorial.

He was appointed Director of the Memorial in 1920 and served in this position until he passed away, apart from a brief period during WWII.

The Australian War Memorial consists of four sections:

The Commemorative Shrine Area that includes The Hall of Memory that contains the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.

The Memorial’s Galleries which are a museum. Thirdly, The Research Area where records are maintained.

There is also an outdoor sculpture garden.

At the entrance of the Memorial are two medieval stone lions that once stood at the gateway of the Menin Rd at Ypres in Belgium.

Ypres, in the County of Flanders, was the site of several major battles in WWI. The lions were presented to the Memorial in 1936.

Stepping through the front entrance you find yourself in the Commemorative Area.

Directly ahead in the Courtyard is the Eternal Flame & Pool of Remembrance.

Flanking both sides of the Courtyard are a series of arched sandstone cloisters.

This is where the Roll of Honour is found. Here, inscribed in bronze is the name of virtually every one of the 102,000 Australians that has died in war since 1885.

Paper poppies are inserted into niches to honour the fallen.

At the top of the Commemorative Courtyard is the awe-inspiring Hall of Memory with its copper-clad dome.

The Hall of Memory is a tall domed chapel with a floor plan in the shape of an octagon.

At the centre of the hall is the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.

The unknown Australian soldier was brought home from a cemetery in France to eventually lie in the tomb. He represents all Australians that have been killed in war.

The walls of the hall are covered by one of the world’s largest mosaics, comprising over six million enamelled glass tiles.

The four pillars behind the Tomb represent the four ancient elements: fire, water, air, and earth.

Three of the walls facing east, west & south feature ornate stained glass windows representing the qualities of Australian servicemen & women.

The four walls that face southeast, southwest, northeast & northwest feature mosaic images of an airman, soldier, sailor and a servicewoman.

The mosaics and stained glass are the work of one-armed artist Napier Waller, who lost his right arm during WWI. He completed his work in 1958.

In the dome of the Hall is an intricate mosaic depicting the souls of the dead rising toward their spiritual home, represented by a glowing sun within the Southern Cross.

Sources

Australian War Memorial website.

Wikipedia website.

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Paris, Tomb of the unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe looking down towards the Champs Elysées.

A Russian wreath had recently been deposed on the tomb, soon adorned by a bottle of Coke.

Along the creek at Chestnut Ridge Park there are many trees that have fallen over into the creek creating a interesting photo op.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

President John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address

January 20, 1961

President Kennedy's full inaugural address:

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With a Byzantine architecture style and Art Deco influences, the memorial is divided into four parts including the Hall of Memory with the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, the Memorial's Gallery, Research Centre and the Sculpture Garden.

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At the start of the Great Patriotic War (what we in the west know as World War II), the Nazis were determined to capture Moscow. They moved east and surrounded the city. In the Central Asian republics of the USSR, far from the fighting, men and women were mobilized. The Panfilov Rifle Division was organized in Kazakhstan, and quickly sent to Moscow. There, they were part of the furious and deadly defense of Moscow, and the Nazis were beaten back. Many of the defenders died. In 1945, after the death of 20 million Soviet citizens and millions of people from other nations, the fascist menace was defeated, by the Soviets from the east, and by the US, UK and the British Commonwealth nations, Free France, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand from the west.

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The tradition of lighting a flame in honour of fallen soldiers has existed since ancient times. In more recent memory, the first eternal flame was lit in 1923 at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Later, eternal flame memorials appeared in Belgium, Portugal, Romania, and the Czech Republic.

On 8 May 1967, the eternal flame in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War was lit in the Alexander Gardens near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

- - - - -

Die Tradition, ein Feuer zu Ehren der gefallenen Kämpfer zu entzünden, geht auf die Antike zurück. In neuerer Zeit wurde das erste Ewige Feuer 1923 am Arc de Triomphe in Paris eingerichtet. Danach entstanden Gedenkstätten mit dem Ewigen Feuer in Belgien, Portugal, Rumänien und Tschechien.

Am 8. Mai 1967 wurde das Ewige Feuer zum Gedenken an die Gefallenen im Großen Vaterländischen Krieg im Alexandergarten an der Kremlmauer in Moskau entflammt.

- - - - -

Традиция зажигать огонь в честь погибших воинов родилась еще в древности. В новейшее время первый мемориальный Вечный огонь был зажжен в 1923 году у Триумфальной арки в Париже. Затем мемориалы с Вечным огнем появились в Бельгии, Португалии, Румынии, Чехии.

Первый вечный огонь в СССР загорится в октябре 1957 года в Ленинграде на Марсовом поле у памятника "Борцам революции". Вечный огонь на Марсовом поле станет источником пламени для большинства воинских мемориалов, открытых в городах-героях СССР.

8 мая 1967 года Вечный огонь в память о павших в Великой Отечественной войне будет зажжен в Александровском саду у Кремлевской стены в Москве.

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The tradition of lighting a flame in honour of fallen soldiers has existed since ancient times. In more recent memory, the first eternal flame was lit in 1923 at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Later, eternal flame memorials appeared in Belgium, Portugal, Romania, and the Czech Republic.

On 8 May 1967, the eternal flame in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War was lit in the Alexander Gardens near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

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"Eternal Flame" at the grave of President John F. Kennedy

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This Rose has the most beautifully shaped bud but I'm not excited about the open flower.. Maybe there are too many petals, I don't know but I have seen nicer ones... The red in the background is from another rosebush...

Change of Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow Russia

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Change of Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow Russia

Arlington cemetery: John F Kennedy's grave in Arlington is different fro the lifeless, cold stones of others. This eternal flame was lit by his wife and has been there ever since. The flame is fueled by propane gas.

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So those teenage girls thought it would be smart to climb up to that 2nd tree with roots about 25-30 ft with almost zero support in sneakers.

Change of Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow Russia

This is located on the traffic Island at the junction of Amiens Street and Memorial Road, close to Busáras and The Customs House.

Making a guess I would say that most people drive or walk by this without being aware that it is a sculpture which is a pity. It is known as ’Universal Links on Human Rights’ and it is a memorial in the form of a sphere of welded interlinked chains and bars. It is 260cm in diameter and it contains eternal flame powered by natural gas from Kinsale.

This sculpture was commissioned by Amnesty International in 1995. It represents the jails around the world holding prisoners of conscience.

At the Eternal Flame.

A man opens the large iron cauldron in Reikado Hall, five minutes before the summit of Mt. Misen, to get a sip of the boiling water. The cauldron is placed over the Kiezu-no-hi (eternal flame), which Kobo Daishi himself is said to have lit when practising “Gumonji” training on Mt. Misen. The fire has been burning ever since (for over 1200 years) and is said to possess curative powers. Kiezu-no-hi was also used to light the Flame of Peace in Hiroshima's Peace Park, a pilot light transferred in 1964.

The eternal flame at the grave of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. Initial press reports indicated that President Kennedy would be buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, where his son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (who had died on August 9, 1963, two days after his premature birth) was buried. But the site for the President's grave was quickly changed to the hillside just below Arlington House. The site was chosen because the President and his friend, architect John Carl Warnecke, happened to visit the site in March 1963 and the President had admired the peaceful atmosphere of the location. The initial suggestion to bury President Kennedy at Arlington appears to have been made by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy agreed to the change. Although Kennedy's sisters and many of his long-time associates from Massachusetts were opposed to burial at Arlington, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy visited the site with McNamara on Saturday, November 23, and concluded that Mrs. Kennedy's wishes should be honored.

On Sunday, November 24, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy requested an eternal flame for her husband's grave. The original site of Kennedy's grave was set in a plot of grass roughly 5 yards (4.6 m) on each side about halfway up the hill on which Arlington House stands.

The President's funeral was held on Monday, November 25. On the evening of November 26, the grave was surrounded by a white picket fence. The fencing covered an expanded area 30 feet (9.1 m) long by 20 feet (6.1 m) wide. The enlarged site was due to the wish of Mrs. Kennedy to inter her two deceased children next to their father. (In addition to Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy had given birth to an unnamed stillborn daughter in 1956.) Mrs. Kennedy's mother, Janet Auchincloss, oversaw the disinterment of the daughter in Newport, Rhode Island, while Cardinal Richard Cushing (a long-time friend of the family) supervised the disinterment of Patrick Kennedy in Massachusetts. The two children were buried next to their father on December 5, 1963. A small white cross was placed at the head of the daughter's grave, and a small white headstone placed at the head of Patrick Kennedy's grave.

Warnecke, Mrs. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy visited Arlington on Wednesday, November 28, 1963, to discuss themes and plans for a permanent memorial. The following day, Warnecke was chosen by Mrs. Kennedy to design the president's tomb. The U.S. government formally set aside a 3 acres (1.2 ha) site surrounding the President's grave on December 5, 1963.

The final design was unveiled publicly at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 1964. A large oval granite walkway led to the site. The walkway's huge size partly helped to lessen the grade the public had to climb to reach the grave, and partly helped to accommodate the huge lines of people anticipated.

Warnecke envisioned a small elliptical plaza (120 feet (37 m) long and 50 feet (15 m) wide) made of marble set at the top of and inside the oval. The northeastern side of the elliptical plaza would be enclosed by a low wall inscribed with quotes from Kennedy's speeches. Marble steps led up from the plaza to a rectangular terrace 66 feet (20 m) long and 42 feet (13 m) wide. Centered in the terrace is a rectangular plot of grass 30 feet (9.1 m) long and 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, raised slightly above the ground level, which would accommodate the graves. Flat black slate grave markers (3 feet (0.91 m) by 4.53 feet (1.38 m)) marked each grave, listing the name and date of birth and death in raised lettering. The headstones would be set flush with the earth.

The plan was for work to begin in the fall of 1965 and be completed by the fall of 1966. The design required that the bodies of President Kennedy and his children be moved downhill about 20 feet (6.1 m). A 150-year-old oak tree, which was off-center in the circular pathway, was retained. The Kennedy family offered to pay for cost of teh grave site, but the U.S. government refused and asked them to pay only the $200,000-$300,000 cost of the grave itself. Most of the cost was attributed to the need to reinforce and strengthen the site to accommodate the weight of large crowds.

Aberthaw Construction built the grave site, Ammann & Whitney provided structural engineering services. The white marble for the plaza, terrace, and steps came from Proctor, Vermont, and the granite for the approaches came from Deer Isle, Maine.

In the fall of 1966 the decision was made to replace the grassy terrace with rough-hewn reddish-gold granite fieldstone set in a flagstone pattern. The fieldstones used had been taken more than 150 years ago from a quarry on Cape Cod near where President Kennedy used to spend his summers. The bronze brazier shape for the eternal flame was also replaced. Instead, a 5 feet (1.5 m) wide beige circular fieldstone (found on Cape Cod in 1965) was set nearly flush with the earth and used as a bracket for the flame.

Mrs. Kennedy, with assistance of Kennedy speechwriter Ted Sorenson, selected the inscriptions for the wall by November 1965, all of which came from Kennedy's inaugural address (although some were shortened for artistic reasons). John E. Benson inscribed the quotations onto the seven granite blocks.

The permanent John F. Kennedy grave site opened with little announcement or fanfare on March 15, 1967. The reburial of the bodies occurred on the evening of March 14, after Arlington National Cemetery had closed. The transfer was witnessed by newly elected Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston. Consecration of the new burial site occurred at 7:00 AM on March 15, 1967, in a driving rain. The ceremony, which took 20 minutes, was attended by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Kennedy, and members of the Kennedy family. Cardinal Cushing presided over the consecration. The final cost of the entire project was $2.2 million.

The "Arlington Oak" which stood off-center within the Kennedy memorial gravesite area was uprooted and killed on August 27, 2011, during Hurricane Irene. The gravesite was closed to the public for two days to remove the tree and stump, but reopened on August 30.

These earrings were made as a direct response to a visit to the Stalieno cemetery in Genova. On leaving the cemetery, which was full of beautiful "eternal flame" urns and candle-holders, I found the small washer (on the bottom of the middle earring) lying in the street. The gemstones - coloured synthetics - were specially cut for these earrings.

Another trio of earrings, forcing the wearer to make choices about the appearance of the pair worn.