[2] Her husband's appointment by John F. Kennedy as U.S. Secretary of Defense led to their move to Washington, D.C.

[3][4] In summer of 1981, her ashes were scattered by her family on a mountainside meadow at Buckskin Pass, near Snowmass Village, Colorado.

Margaret Craig McNamara is commemorated on her husband's grave marker in Arlington National Cemetery.

"[4] Today, through its contract with the U.S. Department of Education and with private funds, RIF provides 16 million free books for children to choose and keep each year.

RIF programs operate in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.