An attempt to share yesterday with you all ...
Wow.....Great post!! Thank you.
Wonderful tribute Joanie.
Thanks for posting all the photos.
Joanie, you've done much to ease the pain I'm feeling, and I'm willing to bet a lot of Freepers feel the same way. Thank you very much!
BUMP!
Bless you Joanie for sharing your observations and experiences with us............Thank You.
Stay safe
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.
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.
Many thanks
Joanie,
Words cannot express my appreciation for your reporting of your experiences. We sat in front of the TV and watched Fox News the whole time - singing along with the anthems, appreciating the quiet times without commentary and wishing that we could be there on Constitution Avenue also. We were there only four weeks ago. Excellent job of eyewitness reporting, with feeling and reverence.
Then your essay -- wow.
This thread is definitely a keeper. I will pass the link to my email friends and hope that they take the time to read it.
Thank you -- Randy in San Diego area
Thank you. I watched on C-SPAN yesterday. No commentary; only the same sounds you were probably hearing. I lost all sense of time for about 2 hours.
When I heard this morning that people had been in line last night for 6-8 hours I could not imagine, but your story allows me to see that the wait was a fulfilling experience as well.
Thanks!
You are in a class with Peggy Noonan and Florence King. God bless you, lass. And thanks for the masterful report!
Great pictures. Even greater story. Thank you for the vist, Joanie. I felt as if I was there, and wish I could have been.