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historian, doug loss brinkley is with us. give us your preflexions a little bit about what we're about to see as the current president, the former president, they're getting closer to the gravesite of president john f. kennedy. they will approach the eternal flame. the president will place his hands on the wreath, taps will be played. there will be a moment of silence. it's a moment that all of us, of course, who lived through that era remember 50 years ago, but it's a powerful moment for the country right now, douglas. >> absolutely. well, after kennedy was killed in dallas, the question was, as you mentioned, where is he going to be buried. part of the reason jackie kennedy picked arlington was because of the scenic view. it's so beautiful but mainly because it's surrounded by war dead. he so was so proud, john f. kennedy of his naval career. he pilt it around the pt-109 incident in the pacific. it's a remarkable place. anybody who goes to washington
anniversary of jfk tells us an awful lot about our ability to change and adjust and overcome tragedy. >> the historian douglas brinkley, thought? >> the internal flame represents john f. kennedy's can-do spirit. that's what the american people are hungering for now. he said we could put a man on the moon at the end of the decade. that's why people loved john kennedy. he appealed to our optimism and our sense of public service. >> we had a tremendous loss of faith in the government after jack kennedy was killed and i hope the american people remember that to the extent that sometimes people play a board game of who killed kennedy, it's a tremendous disservice to the kennedy family. they deserve better. we all lost somebody, but they lost a key member to their family and we do a disservice to them when we may these conspiracy games.