With respect to your question concerning the issue of an open casket funeral (or lack thereof)for President Kennedy:
In his excellent book, "The Death of a President" (one of the few books concerning President Kennedy written with the full cooperation of the Kennedy family), author William Manchester clarifies the issue of the open casket/closed casket issue and the decisions behind it:
According to the book, neither Mrs. Kennedy nor Robert Kennedy were enthusiastic about an open casket funeral, but were cognizant of the fact that state funeral protocol often favored an open casket viewing so they went ahead and viewed the body in The White House to decide the issue once and for all.
When the coffin was opened, they saw that the President's remains were certainly presentable for public viewing (his injuries in Dallas had not marred or disfigured his face in any way) but, as is often the case with remains prepared for open casket viewing, extensive cosmetics were used on the Presidents' face by the funeral directors which resulted in a made-up, somewhat artificial, unnatural appearance.
It was decided by Mrs. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy after viewing the body that this heavy use of make-up was uncharacteristic of President Kennedy and that they would prefer that the public remember him in as he was in life, so they decreed that the coffin would remained closed during the funeral (a decision that many grieving families make and certainly not without precedent as far as a President is concerned; indeed, President Franklin Roosevelt also had a closed casket state funeral).
he fought in the navy.
Jack Kennedy belonged to the Democratic Party.
The president on the 50 cent coin is John F. Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy
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He was a journalist and an author.
actually John F Kennedys son, Patrick, died a few years back. i think
he fought in the navy.
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1917-1963
Brookline, Massachusetts
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was John F. Kennedy's first lady.
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He was a Roman Catholic.