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LIVE THREAD: Reagan Funeral - California
www.freerepublic.com | June 7, 2004

Posted on 06/07/2004 9:43:02 AM PDT by Howlin

Reagan family has arrived in Santa Monica to escort President Reagan's body to his library.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bestpresidentever; california; funeral; reagan; reaganfuneral; ronaldreagan; simivalley
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To: Dog

I LOVE that picture.

Wonderful...


741 posted on 06/07/2004 12:04:52 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: al baby
Well in jfk case that would have been a tough open casket

Yes, true, but before JFK's death, there was no official protocol in how to deal with a current or former President's funeral.

The Reagan family is following the protocol set after JFK's death.

And to add, it will be laughable and sad, IMO, to watch a Military Honor Guard bringing in Clinton's casket, for he will be ever known as the President who "loathed the military".

742 posted on 06/07/2004 12:04:53 PM PDT by Dane
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To: ken5050

You probably do have a pretty good inner sense of what's appropriate...


743 posted on 06/07/2004 12:04:57 PM PDT by carton253 (Re: The War on Terror. It's time to draw our swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: michigander

744 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:07 PM PDT by kalama
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To: oceanview

Because the flag at the DNC is at half mast. Some intern went to do upon his death. The DNCer stopped the intern and said to wait until the official word had been given. Once it had... the flag was put at half mast.


745 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:10 PM PDT by carton253 (Re: The War on Terror. It's time to draw our swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: chambley1

Lol, I was thinking the same thing; I remember when I was kid I used to wear a suit and tie just to fly on Delta to go see my grandma. Those were the days..


746 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:29 PM PDT by wolficatZ (___><))))*>__(( D-DAY - 6th of June +60 +1 ))__)
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To: cyncooper

Man just saluted the casket.


747 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:36 PM PDT by tapatio ( For you see, my fellow Republicans, we are the change!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I'll never find the reference to it, there have been so many threads today...

But I recall that one of the news shows mentioned that the boots would, in fact, be President Reagan's own.

748 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:38 PM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: Serb5150

People are now starting to go by the casket and pay their respects.


749 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:38 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Inspectorette

I was thinking earlier that we ALL should wear Reagan red on Friday!!!!


750 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:45 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Dog

The Democrats are going to have conniptions, because those are minority kids saluting!


751 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:50 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: Dog


Emma Friedenberg, 4, of Santa Monica, Calif., waits for military pallbearers to carry the casket of former
President Ronald Reagan from a funeral home in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, June 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)


752 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:57 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: chambley1
Send a dump truck load of black jelly beans up to DNC HQ and dump it at their front door.

That is worthy of a stand-alone "DNC FREEP OPPORTUNITY" thread. I encourage it. I'll be going to the candy store just for black jelly beans within the week so that I can mail them to the DNC.

753 posted on 06/07/2004 12:06:59 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Reagan was right.)
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To: chambley1

Come on.... some people down own the latest Paris fashions..


754 posted on 06/07/2004 12:07:05 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: ken5050

I hear you about Patti REAGAN's attire. I am NOT a clothing freak. But to wear WHITE and and a skirt that goes up to you-know-where when she sits down. What gives?


755 posted on 06/07/2004 12:07:19 PM PDT by Silas
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To: firstiamaussoldier
Thanks for your thoughts -- and here's hoping you are feeling better.

My daughter is still trying to comprehend the difference between George Washington and George Bush! I think we will definitely go to DC, I'd kick myself if we didn't. Just showed two kids about our kids' age at the viewing in Simi Valley!

Enjoy Phoenix, my folks live in Goodyear and we were just visiting them in May. By coincidence, they are traveling to visit us now and will likely join us at the processional.

756 posted on 06/07/2004 12:07:26 PM PDT by pettifogger (my first salute as a USAF 2Lt was to RWR)
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To: kalama

757 posted on 06/07/2004 12:07:32 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Was sciencediet till I found the solution)
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To: tapatio

I was born after JFK was killed but during the 30th or 35th anniversary there was a TV program that showed extensive footage of the funeral events. I was struck by my emotions when the procession reached the Capitol from the White House and the Congress came out to greet the procession. I still remember the chills and the lump in my throat when they played "Hail to the Chief". Pretty amazing considering that it was an event that occurred so many tears earlier. It's something I felt again during Nixon's funeral. And I left it again today. IMO, there are few more emotional moments than when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" in front of the coffin of a dead president. Very, very moving.


758 posted on 06/07/2004 12:07:50 PM PDT by LI conservative
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To: Steven W.

You sure about the DNC.....I almost can't believe that.


759 posted on 06/07/2004 12:08:13 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Lady Jag

We've still got 4 days to go of this! Im already getting emotionally drained..


760 posted on 06/07/2004 12:08:28 PM PDT by kalama
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