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.
I am sure the black & white only added to the somber effect of the JFK procession...
CSPAN has live coverage... the people keep coming... I wonder how the line outside is?
Good point. I am proud to say I grew up during Reagan's presidency.
One event from that time that I've thought about a lot this past week is Gorachev visiting NY and the crowds chanting his name. I remember vividly many of Reagan's greatest moments. I wasn't even a teenager then yet I can remember the 1980 election. My dad received campaign literature from the Republican party that included a 5x7 photo of Reagan. I thought he looked nice so I took this photo out and hung it on a tree outside. How I thought that would help his campaign I don't know, lol.
"I can't remember the right term, dias is not correct."
Answering as I read, in case no one has answered...I think you meant dais, but the other word you're looking for is catafalque. It's the same catafalque used for Lincoln.
OTOH, the changing of the Honor Guard detail seems to take considerably longer in DC
catafalque
Yes, that was the word I was previously unfamiliar with.
And I did mis-spell dais as well.
Thanks for the correction.
Finally, a bit of trivia for which I've been searching 28 years! Back in high school a local TV station (actually the same company that gave Reagan his first job in radio) ran a "high school bowl" quiz show. My team had posted a couple easy wins when we ran into the defending champs. They had 3/4 of their team back whereas we were all new. They jumped to an early lead, but we fought back to post a controversial win. Controversial because their answer to one question was overruled, we got it and a big bonus question. They appealed and were actually granted a rematch. They won that and went on to win it all again. Had our win stood we might well have won it all. The controversial question was roughly "What was the original tune to which 'America' is sung?" They answered "God save the Queen." The judges wanted "God save the King." Until now I'd never known whether the song started under a King or Queen, but in 1740 it was King George II.
You had to come in and out fairly quickly in Simi... there was no end to the number of people waiting to get in. Must not be that many waiting outside in DC>..
Yes, that was the word I was previously unfamiliar with.
Got room in that boat for me?
LOL!
"There doesn't seem to be the same cattle call mentality in DC as there was in Simi Valley."
I'm not sure what you mean by that (maybe you can explain?), but it was a very cramped situation here in CA, with miles-long backups on the freeway (main way to get to the area) and then the need to congregate in the college parking lot for bussing up and down the hill. Thousands and thousands of people were packed into a very small area. At the Capitol there is lots of easy access by Metro and the ability to approach on foot, with room for a long line to extend out the Capitol. Otherwise, I'm not sure what the difference would be. The same kinds of people on both coasts -- meaning all kinds! :) Young, old, all races, babies in strollers, some people in suits, some in shorts...the same, coast to coast, united in admiration for our great President.
Glad I could help! They're not exactly commonly used words :) :).
Oh I know that. I had to look it up twice and still forgot.
Thanks!
One thing I have really enjoyed during this sad time is the military bands playing each time the casket has been presented. Also the amount of people that have come out to pay their respects to this great man. To have the thousands upon thousands of people to come out after almost 16 years of being out of office is amazing.
I'm not complaining......it was worth every minute.
The impression I get from CSPAN and the DC viewing is a rather lackadaisical flow.
If it works for them....great!
They do seem to be walking less briskly through the Rotunda than they did in the library... You are lucky you were able to go. I thought seriously of trying to go Monday afternoon but the time involved was a little too much for the kids' schedule (high schooler in midst of finals, etc.). I hope to visit the library soon after it reopens next weekend.
Seems that many more people can fit in at one time in DC... there appears to be two criss-crossing lines...
I went first thing Monday morning... 3 hours from the time I hit the line to the time I returned to Moorpark College. Didn't feel like a long wait at all. There was good energy in the air.
Agreed.
But, most remember Reagan in a patriotic sense. You might not have agreed with him all the time, but, you knew he had our nations best interest at heart.
He was not a Republican President, he was an American President.
It is a shame the democrats of today can't see that.
You're probably correct -- even if it were broadcast in color, the television I was watching was B&W, with rabbit ears, and tinfoil on them LOL.
Now, after decades of being used to watching color TV, and over the years as the sets and broadcasts have improved, comparing today's procession to JFK's would be almost like comparing a digital capture from C-SPAN posted on FR, to a Matthew Brady photograph.
After 3am in Washington, yet they keep coming.
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