A Secret Sculpture Built for John F. Kennedy's Grave Vanished in the 1970s. Half a Century Later, the Mystery Has Been Solved

Ellen Wexler Assistant Editor, Humanities When James L. Felder arrived home on November 22, 1963, his telephone was ringing. The voice on the line, his United States Army platoon sergeant, told him to come in right away. He needed to pick up the president’s body. Hours earlier, Felder, a sergeant with the Army’s Old Guard ceremonial unit, had been at a job interview in Washington, D.C. when a gunman fired on…