[stlnative]

Ok... I am only 37 going on 38 years old. So I have not seen or cannot recall many presidental funerals. But this one seems massive, is it more massive than other presidental funeral that have been in the past?

BTW... Nancy is just so sweet and petite, she seems so fragile and it just pulls on my heart strings to see her. I wish I could give her a hug! - May GOD bless her! -

[Howlin]

It's hard to say yet.......people are just beginning to arrive.

But yes, it is MASSIVE...........and it will only get bigger.

[GulfWar1Vet]

This is my first Presidential Procession I have seen as well. Nixon did not have one.

Awesome, eh?

[Miss Marple]

The last funeral of this size was for Lyndon B. Johnson, in 1973. Before that, it was John F. Kennedy.

President Nixon asked to have a smaller service.

PLANES GOING OVER NOW!!

[Ciexyz]

I remember RFK's funeral after he was shot in LA -- they took his body across country by train and it took two days. My relatives who were solid Republicans said at the time it was too much coverage and it was on all the networks....mourners throwing themselves on the train as it made various stops. So the Democrats today shouldn't say this funeral cortege is any big deal. They made a big deal out of RFK and JFK's funerals.

[Conservative4Ever]

yep...this is BIG. Kennedy's was pretty impressive too.

Red

[GRRRRR]

The last time we had a state funeral was for JFK.
I was only 7 years old and I remember each grainy black and white TV image.

HERE come the jets...flights of 4 each..they are ROARING across a cloud free sky...there are SO MANY people lining the street, looks like 10 deep or so. People are running behind the crowd to get a glimpse of the parade going by.

CSPAN has much better microphones posted along the route. You can hear the military commands and the click of their kickplated shoes.

If you haven't been to the Capitol...standing at the foot of the stairs all you see is the dome and the wide expanse of the buildings stretching to the right and left...now the Honor Guard is stationed on the stairs every three or four steps, waiting...

In the long TV shots, you can see the humidity in the air...and the shadows are lengthening now as the sun is lowering itself in the sky.

Here comes the caisson, more people applauding as it passes, odd to hear applause, but it's a way for us to say Thanks to the Gipper one last time...

G