I, too, am sobbing.
President Reagan and Nancy side-by-side in the announcement he stated that he would no longer be in the public eye is one of the most elegant moments in all of human history. (Thanks, MJY for posting that in #268)
God, I love that man, and recall as one of the most important things in human history the hope he almost single-handedly renewed in America.
As I said earlier, I fervently hope that God sees fit to give to him a twenty-one gun salute. I know of no person who has deserved that more.
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Do you know if President Reagan ever flew on the new Air Force Ones..the 747's? after he retired. I don't thinkso, and I would hope that President Bush sends one of them to bring the casket back to DC to lie in state. I for one, can think of no more fitting tribute, or visual image.