[Snowybear]

I’ve been digging on Geroge H.W. Bush’s death. Did GHWB get the standard horse and caisson like other Presidents? What about the riderless horse? I don’t remember seeing any of this.

Some background on the rite.

http://theenchantedmanor.com/tag/presidential-funeral-caisson/

-SB

[greeneyes]

Good Find. Thanks for sharing. Here’s an excerpt:

Funeral processions –

For a presidential state funeral a procession travels down either Pennsylvania or Constitution Avenue from the White House to the U.S. Capitol.

The flag draped casket is placed onto a military caisson pulled by a matching set of six horses accompanied by three riders with eight military soldiers marching alongside (four on each side) of the caisson.

For a funeral procession of a president who dies while in office, the casket/caisson will leave from the North Portico of the White House and proceed down Pennsylvania Ave. to the U.S. Capitol while a former president’s casket will be transferred from a hearse meet near the South Lawn of the White House, placed onto the caisson and then will proceed down Constitution Ave.

SO GHWB DID NOT USE THE MILITARY CAISSON DID HE? Or did I miss it?