LIVE THREAD: Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Arrival at the Capitol

www.freerepublic.com | June 9, 2004

[Howlin]

Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base scheduled for 5 P.M. EDT.

Beginning of procession: 16th and Constitution at 6:00 P.M.

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The procession begins at 16 th Street and Constitution Avenue with the ceremonial transfer of remains of former President Ronald Reagan from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for the processional to the Capitol. The casket transfer will take place at 6 p.m. and caisson continues east with formal military escort.

The public will be able to pay final respects while the remains lie in state in the Capitol rotunda from 7:00 p.m. through Friday, June 11, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.

[Cold Heat]

curtsey's and slowly walks away escorted by Senator Frist...

The last time I saw a woman curtsey was in grade school in the 50s.

[WVNan]

"I think we X-ers and our kids are going to really be something when it's all said and done."

You may have something there Mr. S. My older children were tail-end Boomers and my youngest is a front-end Gen-Xer. The difference is night and day. The Gen-Xer is a gem. The other two.....I'm glad they live to far away to visit much.

[Cboldt]

I meant it in the more general sense. Each generation has a role in the future. "It" is not about us, not about any generation. Our duty is to our progeny. We preserve freedom for them.

[FoxPro]

Just got back from the capital in DC. A huge crowd, it just seemed to keep growing and growing.

Actually being there is a lot different than watching on TV.

We saw two service people lining the route faint straight out. After that they started giving the service people water.

[Mo1]

It's a beautiful song .. thank you for sharing your story

[Wolfstar]

Okay, who's the...person on CNN arguing that Reagan didn't win the Cold War?

Some poorly educated cretin who should crawl back in the hole from whence he or she came.

[A CA Guy]

Great job, did you or anyone capture the Michael Reagan moment with his dad that was on TV?

[sinkspur]

President Reagan succeeded by doing the courageous rather than the p.c. thing, Thank the Lord Jesus Christ!

But he was a very sensitive man. I don't recall Reagan ever using "Jesus Christ" in public.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I had no problem with them.

Hehehehe.

[GRRRRR]

Ooops..Mulroney from Canada...??? I ferget..

CHANGING OF THE Guard now...

Any of you know how those men can stand stock still for so long??? Where's CHESTY???

G

[ConservativeMan55]

Me neither! Thank you!!!!

[Dog]

Well....I did.....:-)

[Right_in_Virginia]

The changing of the guard is extraordinary.

[xp38]

Actually tv broadcasting or should I say narrowcasting began in the late 1930s in NYC. There were only about 200 tv sets then but there were tv programs being shown. The coming of the second world war shut it down and it didn't resume until after the war. The process of inventing tv began in the 1920s in numerous places and continued to develop until there was a nascent tv setup in NYC in the late 1930s.

[Rainmist]

" Dog, we know you're still using dialup ...." " I'm not listening to this !! "

[Mo1]

I haven't seen her .. she normally goes for the front row for face time on the camera

[Wolfstar]

O'Reilly is a pompous, arrogant, condescending, self-important blowhard. I really don't know what people see in him.

[ConservativeMan55]

Someone did get the moment where he leaned down to kiss the casket. But..here's Carl Levin looking bored!

[Cold Heat]

There is a pic on the thread a couple pages back.

[CT]

Did you hear Nancy Garrett (sp?), of the Wash. Post tell Brit Hume on Fox earlier that the thousands of people lining the route of the caisson earlier were there because it was historical?"

MSNBC had a reporter stopping and asking people why they were there. All said out of love for the President. And the last one, a lady said she not only loved Reagan, but that she used to be a democrat.

The reporter immediately stopped interviewing people in line, and went into a completely different line of reporting. I think he even did a John Belushi - "hey look, ab baby wolf!"