Edward M Kennedy laid to rest

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Washington: Senator Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest on Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery, celebrated for "the dream he kept alive" across the decades since their deaths.

Edward Kennedy: Commonwealth's brightest light

Crowds lined the streets of two cities on a day that marked the end of an American political era - outside Kennedy's funeral in rainy Boston where he was eulogized by President Barack Obama, and later in the day in humid, late-summer Washington.

Text: AP

Image: Family members gather at the coffin of Sen Edward Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington on Saturday night. (Photograph copyright AP)