English: Looking northwest at the grave of Robert F. Kennedy grave site at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.

The simple white wooden cross marks the head of Kennedy's grave. The white granite marker flush with the grass marks the foot of the grave.

Robert F. Kennedy was the third son of Joseph Kennedy, a multimillionaire cinema and movie studio owner and former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. An attorney, he helped uncover graft and mafia influence in the labor movement while working for the U.S. Senate in the 1950s. When his elder brother, John F. Kennedy, became president in 1961, Robert F. Kennedy was made Attorney General. He resigned in 1964 and successfully ran for the U.S. Senate from New York. During his run for President, he was assassinated on June 6, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian.

Kennedy was buried just south of JFK's massive grave site a few days later.

An expansion to the John F. Kennedy grave site was dedicated in 1971 to accommodate Robert Kennedy's grave. Robert F. Kennedy's resting place is only about 50 feet (15 m) southwest from the terrace at the John F. Kennedy site. Robert Kennedy is buried on the upslope side of the walkway, his burial vault marked by a white cross and a slate headstone set flush with the earth. Opposite his grave is a granite plaza designed by architect I. M. Pei and dedicated on December 6, 1971. A low granite wall similar to the one at the John F. Kennedy terrace contains quotations from famous Robert F. Kennedy speeches, and a small reflecting pool. As with his brother, Robert Kennedy's first grave was a temporary one, about 10 feet (3.0 m) upslope from its current location.