Posted on 06/09/2004 1:36:48 PM PDT by 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.
Peggy Noonan on MSNBC
Congress better be on their best behavior over the next two days - they don't want to upset 150,000 grieving, hot and tired Conservatives located right at their front door.
Comfort from Reagan himself:
"I will not ask you to pray for the dead, because they're safe in God's loving arms and beyond need of our prayers..."
Speech on Granada and Lebanon
CSPAN showed Joan Rivers.
My God . . . Cheney was FANTASTIC ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Thus, while she will appear, and has prepared a videotaped eulogy, she would risk another stroke if she attempted to deliver that eulogy live.
God bless her. (See my home page.)
Probably at National Cathedral on Friday.
Your welcome!
I wonder how many face lifts she has had?
Me, too. Was walking to the bus stop from my job in downtown Seattle, and went past the Republican HQ. They were deleriously happy! Went home to vote, and got the rest of the news that night.
Next day, only my buddy Al and I were happy, everybody else in the office was in a blue funk...
Thank you for the note on Peggy on MSNBC. I flipped over there and she's doing a great job.
I wasn't sure it was her...but I guess it was. She sort of looks like 14YO geisha with all that work.
I was so glad when Brit jumped on that women. I bet he won't have her back again.
Ouch!
Let's just say there's night and day between my wife Rambette and her older sisters too, probably for the same reason!
Over 100k went to the Reagan Library... and more would have come if there was more time... many were actually turned away...
Yes! He was simply wonderful.
I saw that, but there was a beautiful moment where he was up with his fathers coffin in bright light. He kissed and saluted his father goodbye I believe.
GHWB and First Lady Barbara coming up
on LKL. Better than watching anything
else right now, especially O'Reilly.
Fox made a huge mistake going to regular
programing instead of keeping the camera in
the rotunda.
Earlier Matthews was shocked, shocked that this memorial service was so reverential, so much unlike the Wellstone debacle. He had been predicting Cheney would be very partisan.
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