Funeral of Frank Buckles

Name/Title

Funeral of Frank Buckles

Entry/Object ID

IMG3470

Description

Twenty-four (24) color photographs of the funeral of Frank Buckles. 1-4 were taken while waiting for President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden to arrive: IMG3470-1: Two men standing at steps of building. IMG3470-2: Vehicles with cemetery in background. IMG3470-3: Two men standing at steps of building, people and vehicles to the left. IMG3470-4: Similar to #3, police car among vehicles to left. IMG3470-5: Two men in U.S. Army uniforms, flanking Kerstin Budlong (friend of Buckles family). IMG3470-6: Two men on sidewalk, back of wagon to the left, military band visible at the right. IMG3470-7: Rider and horse with wagon, crowd in background. IMG3470-8: Wagon, military band visible to right, crowd in background. IMG3470-9: Wagon with casket. IMG3470-10: Horses and riders. IMG3470-11: U. S. Army soldiers carrying flag-draped casket. IMG3470-12: Eight U. S. Army soldiers carrying flag-draped casket, and one more soldier in rear. IMG3470-13: U. S. Army soldiers removing flag-draped casket from wagon. IMG3470-14: U. S. Army soldiers in front of flag-draped casket. IMG3470-15: U. S. Army soldiers carrying flag-draped casket near gravesite. IMG3470-16: U. S. Army soldiers around gravesite; Susannah Buckles, daughter of Frank Buckles, is seated front row, far left. IMG3470-17: Military band in cemetery. IMG3470-18: Flag being presented to Susannah Buckles, daughter of Frank Buckles. IMG3470-19: Blackfeet Nation Honor Guard, Browning, Montana, in background. IMG3470-20: Rolling Thunder, Motorcycle Group. IMG3470-21: Casket and wreath. IMG3470-22: Casket with soil on lid; Susannah Buckles, daughter of Frank Buckles, brought soil from the family farm (Gap View Farm). IMG3470-23: Gravemarker for General John J. Pershing. Frank Buckles admired Pershing and is buried near him. IMG3470-24: People in cemetery after service.

Acquisition

Accession

654

Source or Donor

Budlong, Kerstin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Budlong, Kerstin and McDonald, Martha Ann

Place

* Untyped Place

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Notes

Date: 2011 March 15