WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery, celebrated for “the dream he kept alive” across the decades since their deaths. Crowds lined the streets of two cities on a day that marked the end of an American political era — outside Kennedy’s funeral in rainy Boston where he was eulogized by President Barack Obama, and later in the day in humid, late-summer Washington.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington, beside brothers
August 29, 2009

The Kennedy family gathers around the grave site as an Honor Guard carries the casket of Sen. Ted Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. Kennedy’s remains will be buried alongside his slain brothers, John and Robert.