President George W. Bush, his wife, Laura, Vice-President Richard Cheney and his wife, Lynne, and former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, New York Democratic senator, watch the casket of former president Ronald Reagan carried into the Washington National Cathedral Nancy Reagan was escorted by Army Major General Galen Jackman, commanding general of the Military District of Washington, during the funeral. The death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan took place in 2004. Reagan died on June 5, and his funeral was from June 7 to June 11. White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony held to honor heads of state or other important people of national significance. ...
Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: February 6, 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: June 5, 2004 Place of death: Los Angeles...
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June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
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The state funeral was executed by the Military District of Washington (MDW), in accordance to the 138-page document established by the agency.
June 5
As Americans woke up on the morning of Saturday, June 5, 2004, the front-page headlines on American newspapers included reports of Americans being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ongoing presidential election campaign, and protecting the homeland from a terrorist attack. President George W. Bush was in Europe. The day before, he met with the pope and bestowed him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On this day, he went to Rome and met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Later, he would travel to Paris for talks with French President Jacques Chirac and have dinner with him at Elysee Palace. The next day, he would travel to Normandy as America joined the rest of the world in marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
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The United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Australia and the Northern Alliance, invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of its War on Terrorism campaign. ...
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Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...
His Holiness Pope John Paul II, officially in Latin , born Karol Józef Wojtyla [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ...
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Portrait of Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi (born September 29, 1936) is currently (as of 2005) the Prime Minister of Italy. ...
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Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a former country (a Duchy) situated in northern France occupying the lower Seine area (upper or Haute-Normandie) and the region to the west (lower or Basse-Normandie) as far as the Cotentin Peninsula. ...
Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...
The flag at the White House flown at half-staff to mark Ronald Reagan's death At 16:50 ET (20:50 UTC), CNN anchor Fredericka Whitfield was anchoring "Dollar Signs," when she said: "This is breaking news...Ronald Reagan...apparently died at the age of 93 today...This being confirmed by our John King (CNN Senior White House correspondent)." CNN Special Contributor Frank Sesno, who was White House correspondent for CNN in Reagan's day, then took a look back at the life of Reagan. Moments later, King, who was traveling with Bush in Paris, came on the air from Paris told Whitfield that Bush was informed that Ronald Reagan had died. [1] (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/05/bn.02.html) UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
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American television networks interrupted their programs to announce the news. Around the world, 24-hour news networks broke the news to their nations at almost the same time.
People knew that Reagan had been ill, suffering from Alzheimer's Disease for a decade and that morning, there were reports indicating that his health had significantly deteriorated, and the words, "Reagan is dead," had been expected to come in weeks or months. Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, a very close friend of Reagan, called Reagan's wife, Nancy when hearing the initial reports and was told, "Brian, I think the end is near." [2] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086481358372_172) Alzheimers disease (AD) or senile dementia of Alzheimers type is a neurodegenerative disease which results in a loss of mental functions due to the deterioration of brain tissue. ...
The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ...
White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
Reagan died at his home in Bel Air from pneumonia at 16:00 ET (20:00 UTC). When he died, his wife, Nancy, and two of his children, Ron and Patti, were at his side. His eldest surviving child, Michael, was with his father the day before. As the day wore on, Mrs. Reagan released the following statement: Bel-Air is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an infection involving the alveoli of the lungs. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
Ron Reagan Ronald Prescott Reagan (born May 20, 1958), usually known as Ron Reagan, is the son of late President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy and an occasional talk show host and political commentator. ...
Patti Davis (born Patricia Ann Reagan on October 21, 1952) is the daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. ...
Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John Flaugher), the adopted son of late former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show, which is syndicated to over 200 radio stations in the United States...
"My family and I would like the world to know that President Ronald Reagan has passed away after 10 years of Alzheimer's Disease at 93 years of age. We appreciate everyone's prayers."
The news shocked millions of people around the world and there were many tributes to the former president from many people on the news of his passing in Bel Air. Europe learned of Reagan's death just before midnight. However, many European newspapers, put the news of Reagan's death on their front pages, even though the news reached quite late for their first editions. Asia was just waking up. [3] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/reagan.reax/index.html) [4] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/06/reagan.main/index.html) [5] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/06/reagan.world.reax/index.html) [6] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40239000/rm/_40239501_reagan11_boettcher_vi.ram) [7] (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5145581) People started to arrive at Reagan's home and set up a makeshift memorial. Bush had just concluded his state visit to Paris when he learned of the former president's death. He had just gone to bed when he was told the news at 22:09 local time (20:09 UTC) and made a statement a couple of hours later before going back to bed at the ambassador's residence there. [8] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040605-7.html) [9] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040605-7.v.smil) News of Reagan's death also put the presidential election on hold, because because a time for mourning a leader is a time to be together. It also brought political leaders in other countries together because the president of the United States is the most powerful person on earth and is one of the world's best-known figures. In Canada, news of the former president's death put an election campaign there on hold. State visits usually involve a military review. ...
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A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election) was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
Flags at the White House, across the United States, and around the world were ordered flown at half-staff for 30 days. Because both Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, who like Reagan, an honorary knight, weren't in Washington, the first order came from Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. There were also tributes from world leaders, including the queen, who bestowed Reagan honorary knighthood, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev [10] (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-06-06-gorbachev-reagan_x.htm), Mulroney, and the current Canadian prime minister, Paul Martin, who like Bush, got the news in France. [11] (http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/05/world/reagandead_040605) [12] (http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?category=3&id=218) This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ...
Colin Luther Powell (pronounced /ˈkoʊlɪn/, born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 26, 2005 under President George W. Bush. ...
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The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) is a British politician and the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a position she held from 1979 to 1990. ...
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev) listen? ( Russian: ; pronunciation: mih-kha-ILL ser-GHE-ye-vich gor-bah-CHYOHV) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ...
The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, (born August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario) is the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding Jean Chrétien on December 12, 2003. ...
The situation:
- It had been 10 years since an American president died. The last one was Richard Nixon in 1994.
- Even though there were reports that Reagan would have a state funeral, it wouldn't be clear until sometime the following day how official Washington would mourn the former president, whether Reagan's body would lie in state on Capitol Hill, which was the expectation.
Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22, 1994 Place...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony held to honor heads of state or other important people of national significance. ...
Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ...
United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ...
June 6 World Leaders in Normandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day had looks of sadness and loss on their faces toward President George W. Bush after hearing that Reagan had died On this day, the world marked the 60th anniversary of D-Day. News of Reagan's passing, which television networks around the world noted several times during their coverage, played out in Normandy, several times during the coverage. This point was made clear in two countries: Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...
Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a former country (a Duchy) situated in northern France occupying the lower Seine area (upper or Haute-Normandie) and the region to the west (lower or Basse-Normandie) as far as the Cotentin Peninsula. ...
- In Great Britain, Opposition Leader Michael Howard, when he paid tribute to Reagan, told the British news agency, Press Association, that "t is so sadly ironic that he should have died as we prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the day when the Allies began the liberation of Europe."
- In Canada, CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge got expert help in the commentary not just from the noted Canadian historian, Jack Granatstein, but also from the two surviving Trudeau sons, Sacha and Justin, as they both recalled what the television networks also noted--Reagan was there for the 40th anniversary [13] (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-06-reagan-dday_x.htm). The Trudeau sons noted this, based on the experiences of their father, the late Pierre Trudeau, being there then when prime minister.
Some of the world leaders who were in Normandy for the anniversary, including Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, were questioned by reporters for their thoughts on Reagan. [14] (http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/06/world/reagan040606) For Bush, Reagan's death shadowed the anniversary observances. [15] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086522084635_95) Many of the world leaders in Normandy for the anniversary had looks of sadness and loss towards President George W. Bush, especially the queen, her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, all three of whom, the Trudeau sons noted, were there with Reagan for the 40th anniversary, basing it on their father's experiences being there then. They also noted that the phrase that played out in Normandy towards Bush was what one woman said at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill after their father died: "It feels like somehow part of us is gone, because he was so strong." [16] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-lo/petricic_trudeau000929.ram) Leader of the Opposition (UK) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...
Michael Howard The Right Honourable Michael Howard, QC (born Michael Hecht, July 7, 1941) is a British politician, the Leader of the Opposition Conservative Party. ...
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Peter Mansbridge (born 1948) is a Canadian television reporter. ...
Jack Lawrence Granatstein (born 1939) is a prolific and renowned Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history. ...
Justin Trudeau (born December 25, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario) is the eldest son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau. ...
Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse...
The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, (born August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario) is the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding Jean Chrétien on December 12, 2003. ...
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The Queen, is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom, as well as the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea...
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Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of Orange-Nassau (born January 31, 1938) is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980. ...
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Makeshift memorial outside the funeral home in Santa Monica, Ca., where Reagan's body was taken to after he died As people around the world woke up to mark the anniversary, they were also convinced that the world was to share a wave of national mourning that started to sweep across the United States. During the CBC's coverage, the commentators read off some of the tributes to Reagan. A visitor to the JFK Presidential Library pays her respects to former president Ronald Reagan in the book of condolences The Reagan Presidential Library and all other presidential libraries across the country, as well as Reagan's birth home in Tampico, Illinois, as well as the funeral home where Reagan's body was taken to hours after he died became some of the places to mark Reagan's death. People came to these areas with messages of condolences and tributes to Reagan. Presidential libraries also opened up books of condolences. Around the world, U.S. embassies and consulates announced that they would have books of condolences for people to sign. The Reagan Presidential Library announced that an online condolence book would be available for people to sign. [17] (http://www.ronaldreaganmemorial.com) In Ottawa, U.S. Ambassdor Paul Cellucci requested that a 21-gun salute be fired on Parliament Hill at 12:00 local time the day of the funeral and that the ceremony be open to the public. The inner courtyard of the library. ...
Tampico is a village located in Whiteside County, Illinois. ...
Paul Cellucci Paul Celluccis Official State House portrait Argeo Paul Cellucci, better known as Paul Cellucci, (born April 24, 1948) is an American politician and statesman, and is currently Ambassador to Canada. ...
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People around the world were told that Reagan was expected to lie at his presidential library, then flown to Washington to lie in state on Capitol Hill and that the funeral service would be held at the Washington National Cathedral, after which he would return to his presidential library to be buried at sunset. On the CBC, when Mansbridge brought it up, the Trudeau sons said that they hoped that Nancy Reagan and her family agree to these public honors because so many other Americans and people around the world wanted to join in. They also noted how they honored their father after he passed away in 2000. Members of Congress, including House Speaker Dennis Hastert, [18] (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/06/sm.02.html) also agreed with the Trudeau sons on television interviews. The inner courtyard of the library. ...
Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ...
Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ...
White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
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John Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 14th District of Illinois. ...
As the day progressed, the Trudeau sons would be right. A Reagan family spokesperson said that the family agreed to the public honors. The spokesperson also said that Reagan himself planned these honors since he was president in 1981. [19] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/06/reagan.ceremony/index.html) [20] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-lo/macdonald_reagan0406061.ram) [21] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40241000/rm/_40241295_reagan06_willis_vi.ram) [22] (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/06/se.03.html) After the family outlined the schedule of events, Bush declared June 11, the day of the funeral, as a national day of mourning, [23] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040606-1.html) and ordered the federal government closed. [24] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040606-3.html) 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ...
In the United States:
- State funerals are entitled to presidents by law.
- This would be the first state funeral in more than 30 years Americans would be seeing within their borders. The world would also be watching it.
- The previous state funeral was for Lyndon Johnson in 1973, a president Reagan himself paid tribute to. The CBC delayed the end of its D-Day anniversary coverage to cover the news conference by the Reagan family spokesperson. After hearing the details, Mansbridge, Granatstein, and the Trudeau sons all said that LBJ was a president whom Pierre Trudeau paid tribute to when prime minister.
- The two state funerals would draw a lot of parallels, according to retired Air Force Brigadier General James Cross, pilot of Air Force One in LBJ's day who played a major role in the state funeral of 1973.
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Air Force One is the air traffic control callsign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ...
June 7 Hearse with Reagan's body arrives at his presidential library Armed Forces honor guard carries Reagan's body into the lobby of his own library Nancy Reagan leans her head on her husband's casket at his presidential library This was the day the state funeral events began. In Santa Monica, Ca., Reagan's body was removed from the funeral home, driven by hearse in a simple procession through the streets and highways of the southern California, and onto the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. [25] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086699964725_3) The inner courtyard of the library. ...
As his casket, draped in the Stars and Stripes arrived at his own library, a military band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
Once more, his family--wife, Nancy and children, Michael, Patti, and Ron--was grief-stricken. Just three years ago, they said good-bye to Reagan's eldest child, Maureen, who died of cancer. White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John Flaugher), the adopted son of late former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show, which is syndicated to over 200 radio stations in the United States...
Patti Davis (born Patricia Ann Reagan on October 21, 1952) is the daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. ...
Ron Reagan Ronald Prescott Reagan (born May 20, 1958), usually known as Ron Reagan, is the son of late President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy and an occasional talk show host and political commentator. ...
Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (July 4, 1941 - August 8, 2001) was the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman. ...
Reagan was carried by an honor guard of military men, representing all branches of the United States Armed Forces into the lobby of his own presidential library to lie in repose. (the deceased can only lie in state in the Capitol rotunda) There, a brief service was conducted by the Rev. Michael Wenning, former pastor of the Bel Air Presbyterian Church and a close friend of the Reagans. He would also officiate the burial service. Perhaps the most moving part of the service was Nancy Reagan leaning her head against the coffin. [26] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40245000/rm/_40245167_reagan22_hewitt_vi.ram) The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
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As the ceremonies unfolded, viewers saw a familiar sight, which was perhaps one of the most moving parts of the ceremonies. Each time Nancy Reagan appeared in public, she was escorted by a military officer. It is a custom that families of deceased veterans are escorted by military officers until burial. Escorting Mrs. Reagan was Army Major General Galen Jackman, commanding general of the Military District of Washington. Television networks noted this during their coverage of the inauguration of President George W. Bush seven months later, when he escorted the president. White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
Inauguration Day is the day on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. ...
Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...
The last spouse of a deceased president to get military escort during a presidential funeral happened during the last state funeral: Lady Bird Johnson in 1973. (Pat Nixon, wife of Richard Nixon, died before her husband.) The only difference between the two: Mrs. Johnson was escorted by a retired military officer at her request. Retired Air Force Brigadier General James Cross, pilot of Air Force One when her husband was president, escorted Mrs. Johnson. White House portrait Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, known commonly as Lady Bird Johnson, (born December 22, 1912), as the widow of Lyndon B. Johnson, was First Lady of the United States. ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Pat Nixon Patricia Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon and First Lady of the United States. ...
Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22, 1994 Place...
Air Force One is the air traffic control callsign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ...
Public Viewing Thousands waiting to pay their respects to Ronald Reagan as he lies in repose at his presidential library People pay their respects to Reagan in the lobby of his library California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife pay their respects The Reagans announced that Moorpark College would cancel classes so that people that wanted to pay their respects could park their cars there and take the shuttle busses to the library. Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located in Moorpark, California. ...
After the family left, the doors of the Reagan Presidential Library opened. The doors opened at 15:00 ET (19:00 UTC), an hour after the hearse arrived. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
The people in line all had words and expressions of sadness, reflection, and appreciation for Reagan. People filed by at a rate of 2,000 an hour throughout the night. At they were waiting in line, people saw the statue of Reagan at the library's entrance, which had become a shrine. People made it a makeshift memorial to Reagan.
One of the first to pay their respects was California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who like Reagan, movie star-turned governor and is following Reagan's footsteps, and his wife, Maria Shriver, whose father, Sargent Shriver, suffers from Alzheimer's. [27] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40247000/rm/_40247667_reagan13_willis08_vi.ram) Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California, with the gubernatorial seal in the background. ...
Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger (born November 6, 1955), better known as Maria Shriver, is an American television journalist and the First Lady of California. ...
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Alzheimers disease (AD) or senile dementia of Alzheimers type is a neurodegenerative disease which results in a loss of mental functions due to the deterioration of brain tissue. ...
Washington In Washington at the same time, members of Congress, both members of the House and Senate paid tribute to Reagan and would continue to do so in different ways during the days ahead. Both houses also passed a concurrent resolution to make the rotunda available for the lying in state. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...
The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...
Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ...
At the same time, the security operation went into effect. Homeland Security designated the state funeral a National Special Security Event, making the Secret Service in charge of security. The designation provided additional security measures and a higher number of security personnel, since at least 20 heads of state and government planned to attend and also in the light of September 11, 2001. There were also threats of a terrorist attack, possibly by al Qaeda, the group responsible for the attacks. [28] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/07/reagan.security/index.html) Attorney General John Ashcroft said at a Senate hearing the following day: "It is a sad commentary when the observation of a memorial service for a former president of the United States must be labeled a national security special event. Such is the fact of modern life in Washington and such is the nature of the war against al Qaeda." [29] (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/08/pzn.01.html) However, DHS was handling another NSSE at the same time--the G-8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ...
A National Special Security Event is declared by the United States Department of Homeland Security to assume federal control of security measures normally employed by local law enforcement. ...
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security (prior to the founding of that department in 2002, it was under the United States Department of the Treasury). ...
9-11 can refer to: The September 11, 2001 attacks A collection of interviews of Noam Chomsky by a variety of European publications and individual interviewers during the month after the September 11, 2001 attacks September 11 (month-day date notation) 9 November (day-month date notation) The North American...
Al-Qaeda ( Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations. ...
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The United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Australia and the Northern Alliance, invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of its War on Terrorism campaign. ...
G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002. ...
Sea Island is an isolated resort island in Glynn County, Georgia. ...
President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry both announced that they would not run campaign ads on Friday to mark the state funeral. Kerry suspended campaign events for the week. [30] (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5159276) Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...
All U.S. Army stations around the world marked Reagan's death also. Because Reagan died on a Saturday, this was the day they fired salutes every half hour during daylight hours. At 10:00 local time, troops at all Army stations gathered to read notification of the passing.
June 8 Senator John Kerry pays his respects This was the second day of the public viewing at the Reagan Presidential Library, where the following day, the body of Ronald Reagan would begin one last journey to Washington, going there for the lying in state on Wednesday and the state funeral on Friday. The doors had been open since 15:00 ET (19:00 UTC) the day before. The people in line represented a cross-section of the world, young and old, from different backgrounds and different parts of the world, united in their grief and in their belief in the man. Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ...
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People came throughout the day and night to pay their respects. At one point, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, came to pay his respects. Because of the lines and overwhelming response, it was decided that the public viewing continue until 01:00 ET (05:00 UTC), rather than 21:00 ET (01:00 UTC). In all, about 105,000 visited the Reagan Presidential Library when Reagan's body lay there. [31] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/08/reagan.main/index.html) John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
Washington Preparations At the same time, in Washington, preparations were underway for the state funeral the following day. Military personnel were rehearsing each drill of the funeral, the procession, the arrival at the Capitol, the the military flyover, and the gun salutes.
Officials in Washington were saying that they were expecing as many as a quarter million to visit the Capitol, because of the large numbers in California.
June 9 On this day, the events spread across the United States as the body of Ronald Reagan made one last journey to Washington. [32] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086795365341_82204565) [33] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/09/reagan.main/index.html) The events of the day made one point clear: His family agreed to the public honors in Washington because so many other Americans and people around the world wanted to join in.
California Reagan's body leaves his presidential library Reagan's body is put in a hearse at his library for the ride to Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu, Ca. Reagan's body is put on a plane for the flight to Washington As she had done many times with her husband, Nancy Reagan waved to crowds before boarding the plane Plane with Reagan's body leaves Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu, Ca. The events of the day began in California with the departure ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. As Reagan's body was taken out of the library, a military band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and "America the Beautiful." Then it was driven by hearse in a simple procession through the streets of southern California to Naval Base Ventura County, in Point Mugu, Ca., the airfield he flew into and out of when president. The inner courtyard of the library. ...
Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song and Christian hymn which rivals the national anthem of the United States (The Star_Spangled Banner) in popularity. ...
At the airfield, as Mrs. Reagan escorted her husband's body to the plane, a 21-gun salute was fired at the base. At the same time, a military band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and "Amazing Grace." (Redirected from 21 gun salute) A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ...
Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
Amazing Grace is one of the most well-known Protestant hymns. ...
Thousands of people gathered to witness the plane's depature. The aircraft was known as SAM 28000, not Air Force One, because it has that designation only when the president is on board. This was one of two presidential Boeing 747's Reagan ordered when in office, but they both came during the first Bush administration because of extensive delays. (The 707 Reagan used when president--SAM 27000--retired in 2001 and will be on display at his own library). The plane left Point Mugu just after 12:00 ET (16:00 UTC). Just before she boarded the plane, Mrs. Reagan waved to the crowd, as she had done many times with her husband at her side. This time, at her side was her military escort, Army Major General Galen Jackman, the commanding general of the Military District of Washington (MDW). Air Force One is the air traffic control callsign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ...
Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June...
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2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Washington Plane with Reagan's body arrives at Andrews Air Force Base Reagan's body is carried from the plane at Andrews Air Force Base Just moments before the plane touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington, the Capitol was evacuated. People were told to get out, run for their lives. At the end, it was a false alarm: a plane carrying Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher was off course and entered restricted airspace. [34] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/09/capitol.evacuation/index.html) Andrews Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base near Washington, DC, the home base of Air Force One and SAM FOX. Location The base is a few miles southeast of Washington, in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ...
United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ...
State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th) - Land 102,989 km² - Water 1,760 km² (1. ...
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Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) has served as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2003. ...
At 17:00 ET (21:00 UTC) the plane with Reagan's body arrived at Andrews. After the plane touched down, a ceremony took place. As Mrs. Reagan and the rest of her family escorted her husband's body to the hearse, a 21-gun salute was fired at the base. At the same time, after the United States Air Force Band played four ruffles and flourishes and "Hail to the Chief," the band played "My Country 'Tis of Thee. The casket was removed from the plane, moved through the honor cordon to the waiting hearse. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
(Redirected from 21 gun salute) A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ...
Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
Funeral Procession Reagan's casket is transferred from the hearse to the caisson Caisson with Reagan's body travels down Constitution Ave. A military unit marches in the funeral procession After Reagan's coffin was removed from the plane, it was driven by hearse in a simple procession through the streets of the Maryland and Virgina suberbs and the nation's capital and onto Constitution Avenue. Right by the ellipse, at 16th St. and Constitution and within sight of the White House, Reagan's body was removed from the hearse and transferred to the horse-drawn caisson for the procession to Capitol Hill. When Nancy Reagan came out, someone in the crowd yelled, "God Bless You, Nancy!" This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ...
United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ...
People applauded as the cortege began the journey to the hill. Military units, led by the Army Band, escorted the caisson as it made its way to the hill. Many more along the route would do the same. Behind the caisson, came the riderless horse, Sgt. York, with Reagan's boots reversed, indicating that the warrior has fallen and will never ride again. The caisson paused at 4th and Constitution, where 21 F-15's from Seymor-Johnson Air Force Base flew over in missing-man formation. The riderless horse, Sgt. ...
The mood during the procession was much different that it was during Johnson's. This was celebratory, instead of the sadness and recrimination that marked that of Johnson, who lay in state when the wounds of Vietnam War were still raw. The Vietnam War was a war fought roughly from 1957 to 1975 after the North Vietnamese government secretly agreed to begin involvement in South Vietnam. ...
On Capitol Hill Caisson with Reagan's body arrives on Capitol Hill Armed Forces honor guard carries Reagan's body into the Capitol Reagan lying in state in the Capitol rotunda On Capitol Hill, a 21-gun salute was fired as four ruffles and flourishes and "Hail to the Chief" was played by the Army Band. Then, the band played "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as the casket was taken off the caisson and into the Capitol. Two teams of military honor guards carried the coffin up the steps--116 steps, compared to 36 during LBJ's--this was a very heavy coffin and a very steep ascent. However, the chief of both honor guards was the same person--Army Captain Kevin Jefferson. Unlike in the past, where caskets were carried up the east front steps, Reagan's was carried up the west front steps for two reasons: (Redirected from 21 gun salute) A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ...
Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe for the United States during the American Civil War as a variation for the words to the marching song John Browns Body. ...
- When he was inaugurated the first time on January 20, 1981--the flag that draped his casket was the one that flew over the Capitol that day--he was inaugurated on the west front, because he wanted to face west, towards California.
- There was construction work being done on the east front.
Reagan's casket was carried into the rotunda to lie in state. On arrival in the Capitol rotunda, a short memorial service was held. Reagan's casket rested on the catafalque that rested that of Abraham Lincoln, LBJ, and seven other presidents. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
Vice-President Richard Cheney eulogizing Reagan in the Capitol rotunda Nancy Reagan with the Cheneys in the Capitol The Reverend Daniel Coughlin, the House chaplain, gave the invocation. Then, came the eulogies. Delivering the eulogies were Senate President Pro Tem Pore Ted Stevens [35] (http://stevens.senate.gov/pr/2004/june/pr060904.htm), House Speaker Dennis Hastert [36] (http://speaker.gov/library/misc/040609reagan.shtml), and Vice President Richard Cheney [37] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040609-48.html). Stevens and Hastert both noted it was "fitting and proper" that Reagan lie in state in the rotunda, like Lincoln, another great son of Illinois. Cheney noted that Reagan was inaugurated for his second term as president in the rotunda in 1985 because of freezing cold temperatures. All three presided over the service because President George W. Bush was in Sea Island, Georgia, hosting the G-8 Summit. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...
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Theodore Fulton Ted Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is an American politician from Alaska. ...
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State nickname: Peach State / Empire State of the South Other U.S. States Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Governor Sonny Perdue Official languages English Area 154,077 km² (24th) - Land 150,132 km² - Water 3,945 km² (2. ...
G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002. ...
After the eulogies, the eulogists laid a wreath, and the Air Force Singing Sergeants provided the music by singing "America the Beautiful." Nancy Reagan then touched the flag on her husband's casket. The Senate chaplain, the Reverend Barry Black, a retired Navy rear admiral, gave the benediction. Afterwards, the dignitaries, which included members of Congress, senators, and members of the diplomatic corps, paid their respects during the next half hour. America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song and Christian hymn which rivals the national anthem of the United States (The Star_Spangled Banner) in popularity. ...
The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...
Public Viewing Thousands waiting to pay their respects to Ronald Reagan as he lies in state on Capitol Hill People pay their respects to Reagan in the rotunda After the dignitaries paid their respects, the doors of the Capitol were open to those who were outside when the caisson arrived on the hill. The doors opened at 21:00 ET (01:00 UTC), about four hours after the caisson arrived. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
Like in California, the people in line all had words and expressions of sadness, reflection, and appreciation for Reagan. People were passing by at a rate of about 5,000 an hour.
Like in California, everyone in line knew that Nancy Reagan and the surviving children knew that they knew him the best and loved him the most. In death, they're sharing him with thousands of others, as they lined up with thanks, prayers, and a farewell to Ronald Reagan.
June 10 This was the second day of the public viewing on Capitol Hill, where the following day, the body of Ronald Reagan would begin one last journey home, first through Washington for the state funeral, then going to California for the burial. The doors had been open since 21:00 ET (01:00 UTC), the day before. The people in line represented a cross-section of not only the United States, but also the world, young and old, from different backgrounds and different parts of the world, united in their grief and in their belief in the man. The doors would remain open until 07:00 ET (11:00 UTC) the following day. However, during the overnight hours, after police officers toured the lines, they decided to keep the doors open until 09:30 ET (13:30 UTC) (The Military District of Washington (MDW) first said that the doors would remain open until 09:30 ET (13:30 UTC)). In all, about 106,000 went to Capitol Hill when Reagan lay in state. [38] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40259000/rm/_40259357_reagan06_lak_vi.ram) UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, pay their respects After returning to Washington following the G-8 Summit, President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura visited the rotunda to pay their respects. Many world leaders and dignitaries would so the same, including Iraqi Acting President Ghazi al-Yawer, who had been at the G-8 Summit, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, and former Polish president Lech Walesa, all of whom would represent their respective countries at the funeral. World leaders who had been at the summit, but decided not to extend their stay, paid tribute to Reagan there. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi began his final news conference this way: "First of all, I should like to express from the very bottom of my heart condolences for the passing of President Ronald Reagan who was deeply respected by the people of the United Sates and who left many important achievements." [39] (http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumispeech/2004/06/10press_e.html) G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002. ...
Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...
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Ghazi al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958? in Mosul, Iraq) is the interim President of Iraq. ...
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Nancy Reagan greeted visitors throughout the day at Blair House. Among the visitors included the Bushes, former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, Gorbachev, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, and Britain's Prince Charles. Some of them signed the book of condolences at Blair House. Blair House is a guest house for state visitors to Washington, D.C. (in the United States of America). ...
Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June...
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Throughout the week, media experts reported that the national mourning, televised nearly non-stop on many television networks, provided Americans welcome respite from unhappy reports that American troops are being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, whose president, Hamid Karzai, and its foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah both were in the U.S. for the G-8 Summit. Like al-Yawer, they both came to Washington to attend the funeral (Karzai's visit to the U.S. ended when he addressed Congress days later). Hamid Karzai (Dari, Pashto: حامدکرزى) (born December 24, 1957) has been the President of Afghanistan since December 7, 2004. ...
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June 11 On this day, the events spread across the United States as the body of Ronald Reagan made one last journey home. The events of the day made one point clear: Even though Ronald Reagan dominated politics in Washington in the 1980's, he came from California. [40] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/11/reagan.friday2/index.html)
Washington Reagan's body leaves the rotunda Casket of former president Ronald Reagan is carried down the steps of the Capitol Reagan's body is put in a hearse on Capitol Hill for the ride to Washington National Cathedral Washington National Cathedral on a rainy June morning was the site of the state funeral for Ronald Reagan. Yes, a nation mourned for 6 days and the world has shared it. During that time, there were remarkable scenes in California and in Washington. Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ...
On this day, more remarkable scenes would be added to the album of the final days Ronald Reagan. The events of the day would spread across the country, beginning with the state funeral in Washington, and ending with burial at sunset at his presidential library. The inner courtyard of the library. ...
The events of the day began in Washington. Just after the doors closed, the people came, there for the final, quiet moment on Capitol Hill, taking place at about 10:30 ET (14:30 UTC). UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
Inside, Nancy Reagan went into the rotunda to pay her respects. Then the departure ceremony took place. As she escorted her husband's body to the hearse, a 21-gun salute was fired on Capitol Hill--the first final tribute in the nation's capital to the departing former president. At the same time, the Navy Band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and the Navy hymn. White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
Crowds lined the route of the cortege as the hearse made its way to the Washington National Cathedral, where the funeral service would be held. As they have done in the past few days, people waved American flags and applauded as Reagan made one final journey through Washington.
Funeral Service Reagan's coffin is carried into Washington National Cathedral Scene inside the Washington National Cathedral during the state funeral of Ronald Reagan Military pallbearers carry Reagan's casket out of Washington National Cathedral Leaders past and present such as Former Vice President Al Gore paid their respects to President Regan at the Washington National Cathedral. Foreign dignitares paying their respects to Reagan at the Washington National Cathedral About 4,000 people gathered at the cathedral for the service, including President George W. Bush and his wife, his parents, former president George H.W. Bush, the only other American president who's an honorary knight and turned 80 the following day, and his wife, Barbara, members of congress, senators, one of them being Hillary Clinton of New York and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, past and present governors, the other former presidents and their wives--Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty, and Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. This was the first gathering of all living presidents since the memorial service to honor the victims of 9/11 in 2001, also held at the cathedral. Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper also attended the event. This marked the first time Gore, the democratic nominee for president in 2000, had met with President Bush since the 9/11 memorial service. [41] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40263000/rm/_40263789_reagan22_frei_vi.ram) [42] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-lo/macdonald_reagan0406111.ram) Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...
Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June...
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Foreign dignitaries also attended--218 of them from 165 nations. Like the other state funeral held at Washington National Cathedral, that of Dwight Eisenhower in 1969, it was one of the largest gatherings of foreign dignitaries at any presidential funeral (The presidential funeral that saw the largest gathering of dignitaries was that of John F. Kennedy). The dignitaries included 36 past and present heads of state and government (25 current, 11 past). Leading the dignitaries were former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, his wife, Mila, and Britain's Prince Charles, representing Queen Elizabeth II. Many of the current world leaders, including another honorary British knight, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Iraqi Acting President Ghazi al-Yawer, who attended the service had been at the G-8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Among them where British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his wife, Cherie, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, whom Bush met with during his visit to Rome the day Reagan died, and Jordan's King Abdullah. Schroder told the Associated Press about his presence at the funeral: "It is appropriate that the German chancellor says, 'thank you,' and that is what I'm doing." He was thanking Reagan for helping unify Germany with the fall of the Berlin Wall. As the casket was carried into the cathedral, the Coast Guard Academy Band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and the Navy Hymn. Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan sang "Ave Maria." Much of the funeral, an interfaith service which former Missouri Republican senator Rev. John Danforth officiated, was carried out as Reagan himself had planned. Rev. Billy Graham had been Reagan's first choice to officiate the service, but he was ill to do so. Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...
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There were four eulogies for Reagan. They came from former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher... ...former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney... As Reagan himself planned, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, whom he appointed, gave a reading. After the reading came the eulogies. Delivering the eulogies were Thatcher [43] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3797947.stm) [44] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/thatcher_reagan040611.ram), Mulroney [45] (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/reagan_ronald/mulroneyeulogy.html) [46] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/mulroney_reagan040611.ram), and both Bushes. [47] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/11/bush.sr.transcript/index.html) [48] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/bushsr_reagan040611.ram) [49] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040611-2.html) [50] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/bushjr_reagan040611.ram). Thatcher gave hers via video because doctors had advised her not to speak in public after having a series of strokes. Before Thatcher gave her eulogy, Danforth made note of her health problems, telling the congregation: "President Reagan's deepest long-held wish was that Lady Thatcher should participate in this service. But as the years have passed, Lady Thatcher's health, too, has suffered its ups and downs. Eighteen months ago, her doctors advised her to give up all formal public speaking. But she was determined to record her tribute to President Reagan come what may, and this she has done. She was equally determined, on learning of the president's death, to be with us today. The next voice you will hear will be Lady Thatcher's." Justice Sandra Day OConnor Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1981. ...
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...former president George H. W. Bush, who turned 80 the following day... ...and President George W. Bush Mulroney, was paying his second tribute to Reagan when he gave his eulogy. Just before the funeral, he appeared on " CBC News: Morning (http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=CBC+News%3A+Morning)," the CBC's morning news program, and shared his thoughts about Reagan in an interview he gave with one of the program's anchors, the network's senior correspondent, Alison Smith. [51] (http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/mulroney_invu040611.ram) In that interview, Smith talked to Mulroney, asking him what he meant when he called Reagan "a friend of Canada." The elder Bush spoke first, then the younger Bush. The elder Bush spoke from the same podium Murloney spoke from while his son spoke from the same pulpit he spoke from on September 14, 2001 during the memorial service to honor the victims of 9/11. This was only the second presidential state funeral in which there was a eulogy--the other being that of LBJ, even though there were differences between the two. They were: CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ...
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- This was the first one in which there were eulogies from foreign leaders
- There was no eulogy from the president then
Tynan, a very close friend of the Bushes, paid tribute to Reagan's Irish roots not just by singing "Ave Maria," but also "Amazing Grace," which concluded the service. Tynan would later recall his role during the funeral in 2005 on RTE when he was asked to sing at the prayer service marking Bush's second inauguration, also held at the cathedral. [52] (http://www.rte.ie/2004/0611/9news/9news56_6a.smil)[53] (http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0119/57live/57live2b.smil) As Reagan's coffin was brought out, the band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and "God Bless America." Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; English: Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national state broadcaster of Ireland. ...
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Andrews Air Force Base Military honor guard carries Reagan's body to the plane at Andrews AFB Nancy Reagan waves to the crowds before board the plane at Andrews Plane with Reagan's body departs AFB After the service, the casket was removed from the cathedral, driven by hearse for the final time through the streets of the country's capital and the Washington suburbs to Andrews Air Force Base for the final journey home. Crowds lined the route as the hearse made its way to the air base. Andrews Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base near Washington, DC, the home base of Air Force One and SAM FOX. Location The base is a few miles southeast of Washington, in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ...
At the base, crowds gathered, many of them with that look of sadness and loss. They were there for the last departure. As Mrs. Reagan and her family escorted her husband's body to the plane, a 21-gun salute was fired at the base--the final tribute in the nation's capital to the departing former president. The Air Force Band, like two days earlier, when Reagan's body arrived, played four ruffles and flourishes and "Hail to the Chief." Then, the band played "Going Home," as the body was carried to the plane. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were also there to lend support and the family and close friends boarded the plane that would take Reagan's body from Washington to California. (Redirected from 21 gun salute) A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ...
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The plane that brought him to Washington two days earlier is now going to take him home. Nancy Reagan waved farewell to the crowds just before she boarded the plane.
California Plane with Reagan's body arrives in California Reagan's body is carried from the plane in California About five hours after the plane--designated SAM 28000, left Andrews Air Force Base, it touched down for the last time at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Ca. The final leg of the final journey thus began. As the body was being escorted to the waiting hearse, a 21-gun salute was fired at the base. At the same time, a military band played four ruffles and flourishes, "Hail to the Chief," and "God Bless America." There were sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan on hand to witness the plane's arrival. Andrews Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base near Washington, DC, the home base of Air Force One and SAM FOX. Location The base is a few miles southeast of Washington, in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ...
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The motorcade then drove Reagan's body on one final trip though the streets in southern California. As they had done throughout the week, crowds gathered along the motorcade route, as it went on its 25-mile journey to Reagan's final resting place, his presidential library in Simi Valley, there the sunset burial service took place. Like in Washington, the crowds could recognize the motorcade by seeing the American and presidential flags, as well as the presidential seal on the hearse. Because of large crowds along the motorcade route, the cortege arrived at the presidential library about 45 minutes behind schedule, at 21:45 ET (01:45 UTC). The inner courtyard of the library. ...
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Reagan's casket is carried to his presidential library for the last time The service drew 700 people, mostly Hollywood actors and other celebrities like Bo Derek, Tom Selleck, and Wayne Newton. There were also dignitaries as well, like former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who traveled on the plane from Washington and sat next to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, and former California governor Pete Wilson. [54] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40264000/rm/_40264329_reagan09_willis_vi.ram) Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956) is an American film actress and model. ...
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A portrait of a family in grief. The family of Ronald Reagan The service, which began with the Air Force Band of the Golden West playing the last four ruffles and flourishes, the last "Hail to the Chief," and "God of our Fathers," and Reverend Michael Wenning, who officiated the service, giving the invocation, saw for the first time, children of a president gave eulogies. Here, the three surviving Reagan children, Michael, Patti, and Ron, gave the final eulogies. [55] (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-12-children-eulogies_x.htm) This was only the second presidential burial to feature a eulogy--the other being for LBJ. Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ...
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Then, Reagan's body was moved to his grave at his presidential library. The last military honors, including the 21-gun salute and the blowing of Taps, were done there, as well as the benediction (the gun salute was fired before Reverend Wenning pronounced the benediction). Navy Captain James Symdonds, commanding officer of the USS Ronald Reagan, presented the flag after it was folded, to Mrs. Reagan, at her request. Perhaps the most moving part of the entire week came after she got the flag--she hugged her husband's coffin, as she had done, but this time, she couldn't let go, kissing it and saying, "I love you," and cried as the sun started to set. The weeping wife was surround by her children, At the same time, the band played and the Army Chorus and the congregation sang together "God Bless America." (Redirected from 21 gun salute) A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ...
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Around the World People around the world paid tribute to Reagan in different ways as they have done during the previous 6 days as a chapter in the life of the United States, and also the world, came to a close. One example of this was in Canada. U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci appeared on "Canada AM," the morning news show on CTV, and talked about Canada-U.S. relations in an interview with one of the show's co-hosts, Beverly Thomson [56] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086955522343_90). Knowing that this was a day of national mourning in the U.S., she began her interview this way: "Let me begin Mr. Cellucci by offering our sincere condolences on this day." Allan Gotlieb, Canadian ambassador to Washington in Reagan's day, shared his thoughts about Reagan on CBC Newsworld, which is the CBC's cable news network, during its coverage of the funeral with the anchor of the coverage, the network's senior parliamentary editor, Don Newman. Paul Cellucci Paul Celluccis Official State House portrait Argeo Paul Cellucci, better known as Paul Cellucci, (born April 24, 1948) is an American politician and statesman, and is currently Ambassador to Canada. ...
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In the United States, there was silence across the country at 11:30 ET (15:30 UTC) to mark the start of the funeral. Governors asked citizens in their states to observe it at that time. All houses of worship heeded a request from Nancy Reagan to toll their bells 40 times at the end of the funeral service, which happened at 13:00 ET (17:00 UTC). All U.S. Army stations throughout the world fired a 21-gun salute at 12:00 local time, firing rounds at one-minute intervals. At sunset, they fired a 50-gun salute, firing salutes every 5 seconds. In Canada, over 70,000 watched a 21-gun salute fired on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, which was televised live across Canada. UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ...
White House portrait Nancy Davis Reagan (born July 6, 1921 (or, according to herself, 1923)) is the widow of President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ...
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Around the world, millions in Europe, Russia, and Japan watched the funeral as live telecasts were broadcast on 24-hour news networks. Millions more followed it through computers--the White House and many news sites allowed people to follow live webcasts of the funeral. All U.S. embassies and consulates around the world had become makeshift memorials, like after 9/11, as people came out to pay tribute to Reagan. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, in a gesture rarely made toward the leader of another country, ordered not just the flag on the Peace Tower, but all flags across Canada flown at half-staff. [57] (http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/berne-halfmasting/2004_e.cfm) German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder did the same for flags across Germany. This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ...
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Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline, and the two surviving Trudeau sons, Sacha and Justin, gather to watch the 21-gun salute for Reagan fired on Parliament Hill | Like it would do to Nancy Reagan in California, grief overcomes Senators Joyce Fairbairn and Serge Joyal (behind Fairbairn) and former MP Herb Gray as they watch the 21-gun salute begin on Parliament Hill | Perhaps, the most moving tribute outside the United States came in Canada. In Ottawa, the people came, there for a very quiet moment on Parliament Hill, taking place at 12:00 ET (16:00 UTC). Parliament Hill is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ...
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The events started inside when Defence Staff Chief General Ray Henault and Cellucci, who requested it, led the former prime ministers--Joe Clark, John Turner, Kim Campbell, and Jean Chrétien, and cabinet members into the Hall of Honour to sign the books of condolences. The two sons of Pierre Trudeau were also there, as was Chrétien's wife, Aline. Nearby, former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, an MP, shared her thoughts on the events on both sides of the border with the CBC's Julie Van Dusen in the Hall of Honour. Then the main ceremony took place. As the two surviving Trudeau sons, Sacha and Justin, and the former prime ministers gathered near the howitzers, the 21-gun salute began on Parliament Hill--the final tribute in the nation's capital to the former U.S. president. At the same time, the Canadian Forces Central Band played the Canadian and U.S. national anthems. Joseph S. Clark The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980, and a prominent Canadian politician until his retirement in 2004. ...
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Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title The Defence of Fort McHenry, with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ...
The band also closed the ceremony by playing "Auld Lang Syne." When the band played, MP's and people in the crowd, which included past MP's, including John Manley, who ran for the Liberal Party leadership in 2003, applauded. A photographer photographed Stockwell Day, representing the opposition leader, McDonough, representing the NDP leader, and members of the Cabinet as they were applauding. Auld Lang Syne is one of the best known songs in English-speaking countries. ...
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Republican National Convention Tribute During the Republican National Convention later in 2004, delegates to the convention paid tribute to Reagan in different ways. Many of the speakers from California and Illinois, like House Speaker Dennis Hastert, mentioned Reagan in their speeches and compared George W. Bush to Reagan, the fact that they both are Republicans. Those from Illinois also compared both presidents to Abraham Lincoln, another Republican who's a great son of their state. 2004 Republican National Convention Logo President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney accepted their partys nomination to run for second terms. ...
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On the third night of the convention, September 1, Reagan's eldest son, Michael spoke to the delegates and introducted a video, which he dedicated to everyone who helped make his father president of the United States. Scenes from the week of the funeral were shown in the video. He thanked Americans for what they did during the week of ceremonies. [58] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54022-2004Sep1.html) [59] (http://media.streamtoyou.com/gopconvention/20040901_reagan.wmv) [60] (http://media.streamtoyou.com/gopconvention/reagan-1-1.wmv) September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ...
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- CBC In Depth-Ronald Reagan (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/reagan_ronald)
- CTV Ronald Reagan-A Look Back (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1086442923948_115)
- FOX News Historic Week (http://oas.foxnews.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/videoPlayer.foxnews/ReaganLegacy/ACCESS%3AReagan_Legacy/061104/reagan_historicweek_061104/455605531@x41?_RM_HTML_videointro_=http://oas.foxnews.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/videoPlayer.foxnews/ReaganLegacy/ACCESS:Reagan_Legacy/061104/reagan_historicweek_061104/1443140616/x51/Pfizer_Vid_Access_050501_sudafed/105239/34346334363063353431366331336130&_RM_HTML_videopointer_=http://66.230.216.3/061104/reagan_historicweek_061104_300.rm&_RM_HTML_videooutro_=http://oas.foxnews.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/videoPlayer.foxnews/ReaganLegacy/ACCESS:Reagan_Legacy/061104/reagan_historicweek_061104/160565703/x53/x-test_streaming_video_house_x33/x-test_streaming_video_house_x33_oreilly_playcount/34346334363063353431366331336130)
- White House-Remembering Ronald Reagan (http://www.whitehouse.gov/reagan)
- Coverage in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/reagan-obit.htm)
- Coverage on C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/executive/reagan.asp)
- Reagan Remembered at National Cathedral Service, NPR audio (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1955337)
Sources "D-Day, 60th," a home video by the CBC CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ...
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