Viewing the Caisson, Bidding Farewell ...

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[Squantos]

Bless you Joanie for sharing your observations and experiences with us............Thank You.

Stay safe

[GOP_1900AD]

You brought tears to my eyes. I cry not only mourning the passage of President Ronald Reagan, I mourn the passing of the last, best opportunity which he gave us. How quickly we destroyed the fruits of his vision and labor. How stupidly we rejoiced the set back of Commnunism and the Soviet Empire as the thousand year peace, and, instead of redoubling our efforts to secure the peace and punish the despots, declared premature victory, pocketed our peace dividend and paved the way to utter disaster. I grieve, I mourn and I simmer with anger. But I accept that we deserve what now is almost inevitable. God help us and God Bless Ronald Reagan. May he rest in peace and may his spirit of goodness steer us through the approaching storm. Amen.

[Ramonan]

Too bad there are newspaper administrators smart enough to hire you. Our media needs your touch

[ladtx]

Very good joanie-f. Brought tears.

[NittanyLion]

Great, great post. Just outstanding...

[Huck]

Thank you.

[shezza]

Wish-I-was-there bump

[JulieRNR21]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU THANK YOU

For sharing your personal experiences of being present during our nation's Farewell to our beloved Ronald Reagan.

Your personal remembrances have made me feel like I was there......even though I only viewed it all on TV. Your photographs were more vivid & meaningful to me than all those TV images.

I began to cry yet again.....when I read your account of entering the Rotunda.

Knowing that he is gone from us....no longer breathes the same air we do....but now that he is eternally in that 'shining city'.....I believe he'll keep a special eye on his beloved Nancy and the America he loves so much.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[Dolphy]

Thank you for a wonderful post.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Eloquent. Thanks

[aj7360]

Thank you for a beautiful and moving post. I live here in the D.C. area but didn't think I could handle going down there.

Thank you ever so much for sharing.

[joanie-f]

Thank you for the kind comments.

[joanie-f]

Quite simply, one DAMNED GOOD President. I'd have followed him to Hell with a cup of warm spit to kick the Devil's ASS!

I would have accompanied you. Since last Saturday, I have heard him called 'the greatest President of our lifetime,' 'one of the two greatest Presidents of this century,' etc. I deeply admire the faith, courage, goodness and vision of Washington, but I believe even he cannot measure up to President Reagan. History, if recorded accurately, should place him at the top of the list.

[joanie-f]

You're very welcome. The sharing was a pleasure.

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[Al B.]

Thank you, joanie, for the wonderful tribute to a great man and for the photos.

Stay safe,

Al

[snopercod]

Thank you for the beautiful report.

There was a lot of discussion on the "live thread" yesterday about the applause for Mrs. Reagan. Some thought it inappropriate - especially the news media who had been blabbering for over an hour about the total silence that would occur.

My sense was that people were applauding Nancy because they knew the living hell she had been through these past ten years, and because she not only survived it (many spouses don't), but she survived the ordeal with both poise and dignity.

Personally, I think President Reagan probably smiled down from heaven at that spontaneous outpouring of "thank you"s for his wife.

I'm sorry to report that the TV reporters tried to cast the crowd as just a bunch of yahoos who had nothing better to do so they thought they'd head over to DC to see the carnival. The bubble-headed blonde - Molly Hannenberg - at Fox News interviewed two couples like that, "Oh, we were on vacation and decided to pop over here...", or, "We knew this was important [but we don't have a clue why] so we wanted to bring the kids to see history being made".

Out of fairness, later on Fox interviewed a man who said he came to pay his respects to a great man and a great president, as did you and your entourage.

Thanks again for the report. I flagged you to my little personal ceremony here in the mountains.

[joanie-f]

I'd encourage you, in a few days, or a week, to write again, after you've had the time to ponder the impressions of the day. Also, I definitely think many here would like to hear your first-hand report of the conversation with the perso who was at the Pentagon on 9/11.

Thanks for the kind comments. When time permits, I will try to transcribe some of the conversation with the fellow who works at the Pentagon, and I will make a note to ping you to it. It was an eye-opener.

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[proudmilitarymrs]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. A very eloquent tribute to the best President this country has seen in decades, perhaps a century or more.