WebNov 22, 2013 · Clifton Pollard wasn't at the funeral. He was over behind the hill, digging graves for $3.01 an hour in another section of the cemetery. He didn't know who the graves were for. He was just
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WebNov 20, 2013 · Clifton Pollard wasn't at the funeral. He was over behind the hill, digging graves for $3.01 an hour in another section of the cemetery. He didn't know who the graves were for. He was just digging them and then covering them with boards. "They'll be used," he said. "We just don't know when. I tried to go over to see the grave," he said.
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WebMar 26, 2017 · Breslin begins with a description of Clifton Pollard's morning routine. The gravedigger lived in a three-room apartment with his wife, who cooked him bacon and eggs for breakfast on the day that he dug JFK's grave. Breslin stressed that Pollard made $3.01 an hour for the task, further emphasizing the man's humble background.
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WebNov 21, 2018 · Breslin's guy was one Clifton Pollard, 42-years-of-age, who, Breslin noted, was "an equipment operator, grade 10, which means he gets $3.01 an hour." Pollard was called into work on short
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WebClifton Pollard was pretty sure he was going to be working on Sunday, so when he woke up at 9 a.m., in his three-room apartment on Corcoran Street, he put on khaki overalls before going into the kitchen for breakfast. He hung up the phone, finished breakfast, and left his apartment so he could spend Sunday digging a grave for John
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WebJan 20, 2008 · Washington -- Clifton Pollard was pretty sure he was going to be working on Sunday, so when he woke up at 9 a.m., in his three-room apartment on Corcoran Street, he put on khaki overalls before going into the kitchen for breakfast. His wife, Hettie, made bacon and eggs for him.
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WebOct 21, 2021 · James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) Breslin's column about the grave digger, a man named Clifton Pollard, who told the lone reporter who approached him how honored he was to be digging the grave for the fallen President, became part of journalism history. Quote
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WebMar 14, 2022 · Digging JFK's Grave Was His Honor Jimmy Breslin Newsday March 14, 2022 AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Washington -- Clifton Pollard was pretty sure he was going to be working on Sunday, so when he woke up at 9 a.m., in his three-room apartment on Corcoran Street, he put on khaki overalls before going into the kitchen for breakfast.
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WebMar 21, 2017 · Breslin's story about Kennedy's burial began with Clifton Pollard, the man who dug the grave, a working man of great dignity, who felt "honoured" to do his job that day. The story
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WebOct 21, 2021 · James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) Breslin's column about the grave digger, a man named Clifton Pollard, who told the lone reporter who approached him how honored he was to be digging the grave for the fallen President, became part of journalism history. Quote
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WebDec 2, 2007 · William Clifton Pollard Sr., 70, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at his home. Bill was born Feb. 11,1937, a son of the late Mamie Browder Pollard and the late Joel Allen Pollard. He was raised in Clarendon County. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a retired carpenter with Marion Amerson
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WebApr 5, 1992 · Clifton L. Pollard was the man who dug the grave of President John F. Kennedy. Private First Class Company E 45th Engineers US Army WORLD WAR II He entered service on 17 May 1944. The 45th Engineers was a segregated African American unit that was tasked with building roads, bridges, and airfields; specifically the
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WebNov 22, 2013 · A famous Jimmy Breslin column drew attention to Clifton Pollard, a WWII vet who buried the president on two occasions at Arlington National. Now they both rest there.
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WebJan 5, 2021 · Pollard was the man who dug President Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery in 1963. His importance would have gone unnoticed were it not for a famous newspaper column written by
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WebNov 3, 2015 · Clifton Pollard wasn't at the funeral. He was over behind the hill, digging graves for $3.01 an hour in another section of the cemetery. He didn't know who the graves were for. He was just digging them and then covering them with boards. "They'll be used," he said. "We just don't know when. I tried to go over to see the grave," he said.
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WebMar 22, 2017 · It's the story of Clifton Pollard, a $3.01 dollar-an-hour gravedigger at Arlington National Cemetery who was tasked to dig the grave for assassinated President John F. Kennedy that November day in 1963. Link: teachers.sduhsd.net/mgaughen/docs/Breslin.Honor.pdf As an editor, this situation …
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