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To: Calvin Coollidge

In Australia, a State Funeral comes in degrees. It can be anything from full-on ceremonial with horses' carriage, military and bands to relatively simple gatherings.

It basically means the Government picks up the tab and certain protocols are followed as a result.


16 posted on 09/07/2006 12:17:32 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

OK. That's what I was thinking earlier. Gov't sponsored funerals usually come in three and sometimes four degrees (official, ceremonial, and state funeral). In some places they have the distinction of what is called a solemn official funeral (Princess Diana's funeral would be an example). Not quite a full blown state funeral but still high end in the ceremony department. In this country cabinet members Supreme Court Justices and state governors would get something like that.


19 posted on 09/07/2006 12:30:49 AM PDT by Calvin Coollidge (The last really great president.)
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