Glimpse of History: A somber passing in Rahway

Courtesy of Jim Wargo

RAHWAY -- Robert Kennedy's funeral train passes through Rahway as seen in this previously unpublished photo from June 8, 1968.

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Kennedy was assassinated in California on June 5 with a funeral Mass held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan on June 8. Immediately after the Mass, his casket was placed on a slow-moving funeral train that traveled to Washington, D.C., passing through a number of New Jersey communities.

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