The body of President Kennedy was brought back to Washington soon after his death and was placed in the East Room of the White House for 24 hours . On the Sunday after the assassination , his flag-draped coffin was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state . Throughout the day and night , hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket
the assassination
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
State funeral of John F. Kennedy