Posted on 06/08/2004 9:41:13 PM PDT by socal_parrot
A bit clumsy. The excerpting got me. You know what I meant.
I agree. Very classy indeed.
We gotcha, classy.
Being the Wife, Mother, Daughter-in-law, Sister-in-law, cousin and Friend of Law Enforcement Officers, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD!!!!!!!!
wish they would put this on CSPAN.
The Reagan Family know his place in history and their sharing of this process with all of America has been more than any of us can expect.
God Bless them.
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I love this story, socal!
What have you heard tonight??? Numbers?
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I saw some of the coverage of people filing through this morning...
There were a couple of points where I saw what looked like Boy Scout troops that went through as a group. They each stopped as a group and gave the Boy Scout salute to the casket as a unit.
I swear. If that doesn't tear you up, you don't have a soul.
I was impressed by the service members who stood at attention around the casket. I wonder how long each set of personnel were able to stand at attention? Very impressive to see.
How wonderful!!!
I have to go to my daughters six grade graduation in Simi at 0900, or I would be there. We are planning on going Fri night upon Pres Reagan's return.
Well said.
We tried to get there about 11 last night. Got within 3 miles and heard on the radio it would be another 3 hours to get to the college and 6 hours to get throught the line. My wife and I had business appointments in the morning, so we turned around and got back to OC just after midnight.
Everything about the Reagan's spoke of innate grace and elegance... this is just more of it.
I'm in tears again just watching the police file past on the streaming video.
One after one, they salute. It is heart wrenching.
And understandable.
Those are members of the National Honor Guard. There are servicemen from each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. They're a very squared-away bunch.
They do rotate them through and change the guard with some frequency. I don't know if it is hourly or what, but they wouldn't have people standing at attention for very long. It is far harder to do than it appears. And you don't want the honor quard passing out and falling over.
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