My guess for the reason for the special treatment of the funeral is security. The average veteran being buried in Arlington isn't going to attract 1/1000th the amount of onlookers that the Kennedy funeral did. Why drag out the media/onlooker circus?

I'm glad they got it done and over with, I'm no big fan of the Kennedy clan and didn't want the whole thing to drag on and on, all over tv for weeks. I NEVER like it when a famous person dies and the media just can't let it go, even if the person was someone I was a fan of.

Regardless of my feelings, may he rest in peace.

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