John Glenn to be Interred at Arlington Cemetery
Final funeral rites for astronaut John Glenn will take place Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery. His family and invited guests, including astronauts and dignitaries, will say goodbye to the first American to orbit earth at a private service at the Old Post Chapel begging at 9:00 a.m. The U.S. Marine Corps will begin a live Facebook stream at 9:40 a.m. that will include a processional to the graveside by Caisson, a flyover, a graveside service and taps. The event ends at 10:25 a.m. Glenn died December 8th at age 95. Thousands of mourners visited his casket at it lay in repose at the Ohio Statehouse, and roughly 2,500 people attended a public “celebration of life” for the former fighter pilot, history making astronaut and longtime democratic U.S. Senator. Glenn was born in Cambridge and grew up in New Concord.
