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To: dougherty

The caisson is the same ont used for JFK. The dias the coffin rests on is the same as JFK and Lincoln.

I can't remember the right term, dias is not correct.


3,296 posted on 06/09/2004 10:57:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: alaska-sgt; dougherty
The caisson is the same ont used for JFK. The dias the coffin rests on is the same as JFK and Lincoln.

Oh my mistake then .. I thought the caisson was used for Lincoln also.

3,298 posted on 06/09/2004 11:00:58 PM PDT by Mo1 (Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
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To: alaska-sgt

"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.


3,364 posted on 06/10/2004 12:00:03 AM PDT by GOPrincess
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