Posted on 06/09/2004 10:24:04 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:16:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Ronald Reagan's state funeral was planned more than 20 years ago, mostly by the 40th president himself when he first entered the White House.
Mr. Reagan began planning the ceremony shortly after taking office in 1981, a ritual which became customary after the assassination of President Kennedy, whose lack of funeral preparations left organizers unsure how to proceed.
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Not only that, but who will play Clinton's grieving widow?
My heart goes out to Mrs. Reagan whenever I see her. She looks so alone. But even in her obvious grief, she remains every inch the great lady she has always been.
Because Reagan planned his own funeral, we should not be surprised that Clinton was ommitted from the ceremonies.
Another change was made by the Reagan family. They requested the placement of a pair of the president's own boots, reversed, in the stirrups of the riderless horse that marched down Constitution Avenue in his funeral procession.
That's why NO rat was invited to speak at his funeral. Especially the rat clintoon.
We respect the office.
We abhor the individual.
Does that help?
You beat me to it. Whatever plans he has, I wouldn't put it past him to rewrite them to "outdo" Reagan. Smarmy worm.
Andrew Johnson was not impeached. See the following site:
http://idid.essortment.com/impeachmentand_rhkd.htm
The 16th of May, 1868 was a landmark one in the history of the United States Presidency. On that day the President of that nation came within just one Senate vote of being impeached. That one vote would have removed the President from office. President Andrew Johnson, who took office upon the tragic assassination of Abraham Lincoln, had long angered the U.S. Congress with his refusal to accept the First Reconstruction Act.
I didn't know that.
Required by LAW.
Interesting link, thanks Howlin.
The performance of our nation's National Honor Guard has been outstanding, as usual.
Thank you for the link. With a little help from my FRiends, I learn something new every day.
Dress Uniforms all wool, 105 degrees with humidity, and they look so CRISP.
When x-42 assumes room temperature, it will take much prayer and Bible-study for The Lord to convict me to put my flag at half-mast.
If I recall correctly, Bill Clinton was impeached and because of that I wonder, when his time comes, if he will be allowed a State Funeral.
Neither of them were convicted.
He croaked.
Read the quote I copied. Do a web search. Johnson was tried for impeachment. He was not impeached.
Or sleep on Hillary's side of the bed...
I did. The writer of the quote is in error.
I look at Reagan's state funeral as a final gesture of courtesy on his part. I am intensely grateful that he chose a state funeral, because without all these events going on, without the opportunity to mourn and say goodbye in a personal way, I would have felt cheated. He is giving the people who love him the chance to celebrate his life, and to gain some sense of closure from our loss.
Then so is every other site I looked at not to mention the book "Profiles in Courage." I guess the world is wrong and you are right, huh?
I note you failed to back your claim up with a single fact. You wouldn't be a liberal by chance?
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