Senator John McCain has been buried at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after a small private ceremony devoid of fanfare. It caps a week o
Senator John McCain has been buried at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after a small private ceremony devoid of fanfare. It caps a week of memorials for John who died on 25 August, aged 81, from the effects of brain cancer. A military flypast was performed with the squadron one plane short, to symbolise the dead senator. His burial at the academy is significant as the late Senator graduated from the elite Naval Academy in 1958, later serving in Vietnam as a fighter jet pilot.
On Saturday, heavyweights from across the political spectrum gathered at the Washington National Cathedral to remember the Arizona senator, who became one of America’s most high-profile politicians. Two former presidents; George Bush and Barack Obama paid tribute to his courage and sense of honour.
Crowds lined the route as the senator’s final motorcade travelled to the academy in Annapolis. McCain was buried next to his classmate and friend, Admiral Chuck Larson, who reserved four plots in the idyllic cemetery for the pair and their wives before his death in 2014. McCain’s sons Jack and Don paid tribute to their late father at the Sunday ceremony, alongside retired Army General David Petraeus and Senator Lindsey Graham, a long-time friend.
Meanwhile, President Trump who had personal and political differences with the late Senator spent the weekend at his private golf course in Virginia, and did not attend both the memorial and burial, just as the late Senator instructed.
