John McCain laid to rest at the Naval Academy cemetery beside close friend and classmate Admiral Chuck Larson
A private service at the academy's chapel followed by a procession to the burial site marked the farewell to the former senator John McCain.
Sunday, September 2, marked the end of the journey for the former senator John McCain as he was finally laid to rest. It capped the week-long memorial service and remembrances held in honor of the senator who died on August 25, at the age of 81 after succumbing to brain cancer.
The funeral procession left the Naval Academy's chapel after a memorial service for McCain. His widow, Cindy McCain, and other family members joined friends, admirers and officers of the Navy in following a horse-drawn caisson carrying the casket to a grassy hill in the US Naval Academy cemetery. Also present at the service were members of McCain’s Class of 1958, military leaders and Naval Academy midshipmen.