Its called respect. And this man deserved every bit of it, as does every president does..excluding maybe Clinton.
If I lived in a town who's former native was a president and he died, I would have called ALL work off for the day, closed shop, and allowed every worker who wanted to go and show their RESPECT to do so.
Respect is dearly lacking in this day and age.
Respect IS lacking in this day and age.
And I need my employees to respect their jobs, rather than dumping their responsibilities on others so they can go to a funeral of someone they never met.