LIVE THREAD: Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Arrival at the Capitol

www.freerepublic.com | June 9, 2004

[Howlin]

Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base scheduled for 5 P.M. EDT.

Beginning of procession: 16th and Constitution at 6:00 P.M.

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The procession begins at 16 th Street and Constitution Avenue with the ceremonial transfer of remains of former President Ronald Reagan from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for the processional to the Capitol. The casket transfer will take place at 6 p.m. and caisson continues east with formal military escort.

The public will be able to pay final respects while the remains lie in state in the Capitol rotunda from 7:00 p.m. through Friday, June 11, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.

[xp38]

The most moving American song of all!

[Howlin]

Are your kids still in the pool? LOL.

[Petronski]

God bless those men! Eighty-three stairs? May God make each one lower than the one before.

[Mo1]

Nancy looks remarkably serene during the Battle Hymn

Yes she does .. I don't know how she says so strong

[Helms]

And the Boatman of Hades refuses his passage.

[Christian4Bush]

I hope that we get a real number of how many people were there- not CNN saying "10,000"- it looks like HUNDREDS of thousands.

CNN will underestimate the number at a tribute for the President, and overestimate the number at the "march for death rights" (abortion).

[lawgirl]

Me too. This song is just too much!

[Mr. Silverback]

Then you missed Pelosi and Boxer lean forward over the rope and then look at each other and throw each other a kiss. I kid you not.

Eww, I don't need those mental images! You can rock me to sleep tonight...with a real rock!

[KarenDay]

I don't normally post - but this is just painful.

[StarCMC]

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Julia Ward Howe

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
l can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

[Dog]

I'm here.

[TomGuy]

[Changing Honor Bearers halfway up.]

[HairOfTheDog]

Yea..700 lbs. Up 100 steps.

Got reinforcements halfway up. Good thinkin'

[clintonh8r]

goddamn DC police sirens . how distracting

[longtermmemmory]

His plans should be public record. He is supposed to file them 1 year after leaving office.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

2nd crew is taking over for the casket transport..

[Rainmist]

Ronnie is probably sitting on Sgt. York !!!!

[mdittmar]

It would be a Ranchero.

[Conservative4Ever]

Ahh Geez...I'm losing it again. Kleenex break.

Red