Posted on 01/02/2007 5:41:07 AM PST by Mo1
WASHINGTON Gerald R. Ford leaves his beloved U.S. Capitol for the last time Tuesday as the period set aside for ordinary Americans to say goodbye gives way to an elaborate invitation-only funeral at the awe-inspiring Washington National Cathedral.
As the first order of business Tuesday, Ford's remains were being removed from the Rotunda to lie in repose briefly outside the Senate before leaving the Capitol where Ford served as a congressman for 25 years. As vice president, Ford also had the constitutional title of president of the Senate.
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I don'r know Jane I heard Brit say 21 planes.
I think Fox labelled in incorrectly. Probably a twenty-something producer who got confused.
That was a surprise for me, to see Cheney hand her the flag. How wonderful.
Brit was mistaken
Is that Eastern time?
maybe the combination of 21 gun salute and the flyover are called a 21 flyover?
Wasn't it the missing man formation?
Good heavens, that would look like an invasion.
I am lmao at that...
I think it was 21 gun salute and the missing man formation
You can see how this last week has taken it's toll on her. This is an awful lot for a 88 year-old woman to go through.
Yes...one plane flew off, out of formation.
They had a 21 gun salute.
Thank you all for this wonderful thread..
Gerald Ford RIP..01/03/07
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I think He has.
Bless you, sweet FRiend.
God bless this wonderful man who was kind to everyone he met!
Bless her heart and her family.
That was a beautifully done funeral and recognition of a wonderful man's life and service to our country. The Ford family conducted themselves in such a way that we could all be very proud of, and I'm so sorry that they had to spend so much of their grieving in the public eye.
Thanks everyone for the thread, I learn so much more from the people on these threads, than from the media.
21 plane flyover? It was impossible to tell from the number of cuts the camera did, how many groupings of planes, but I only saw groups of 4. 21 is not divisible by 4.
Time to turn off FNC again, until they get some competent people.
Didn't the Episcopalian minister from California say the same thing in his eulogy yesterday? Or am I confusing all the speeches eulogies???
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