ANNAPOLIS, MD. (THECOUNT) — Late Sen. John McCain likely knew well in advance of the location of his final resting place, which ends up being next to his friend, Chuck Larson, because it was Larson who reserved the adjoining burial plots.
Larson, who died in 2014, reserved four plots at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis – One for himself, McCain and their wives, both now widows.
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McCain, the Arizona Republican who died Saturday of brain cancer, will be buried on a grassy hill Annapolis cemetery, right next to a lifelong friend, within earshot of the next generation of midshipmen and within view of the banks of Severn River.
The senator’s choice was another that showed his trademark individuality. McCain, who died Saturday after battling brain cancer, selected the out-of-the-way spot over the grandeur and solemnity of Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where his father and grandfather — both admirals —are buried. Instead, the decorated Vietnam War veteran, former prisoner of war and six-term senator opted for a front-row position next to his friend Chuck Larson, himself an admiral and ally throughout McCain’s remarkable life. source
“Near, where our paths first crossed,” McCain wrote in his memoir of the site.