I heard earlier that speakers in the Rotunda tonight will be Cheney, Hastert and either Frist or Stevens... can anyone confirm or deny? Thanks
According to CSPAN.org...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2004
Departure ceremony at Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, CA.
5pm: Aircraft arrives at Andrews Air Force Base.
6pm: Formal funeral procession to U.S. Capitol. Casket will be transferred from hearse to horse-drawn caisson at 16th St. & Constitution Ave., NW.
7pm: State funeral ceremony in Rotunda of U.S. Capitol.
Lead: The Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States
The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives
The Honorable Ted Stevens, President Pro Tem of the United States
Senate
8pm: Lying in state begins in Rotunda of U.S. Capitol for public viewing and continues through the night.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2004
Ronald Reagan's body will lie in state for 24 hours in Rotunda of U.S. Capitol for public viewing.
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2004
10:30am: Departure ceremony from Capitol Rotunda. Casket will be transported to National Cathedral.
11:30am: National funeral service at Washington National Cathedral
Eulogists: The Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States
The Honorable George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
The Right Honorable The Baroness Thatcher, L.G., O.M., F.R.S.,
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, Former Prime Minister of
Canada
Readers: The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, Asoociate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court
Rabbi Harold Kushner
Celebrant: The Reverend John C. Danforth
Irish Tenor: Ronan Tynan
1:15pm: Departure ceremony at National Cathedral.
2:15pm: Departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base.
7:45pm: Aircraft arrives at Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, CA.
9pm: Motorcade arrives at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
9:15pm: Private interment service at Reagan Library.
10:30pm: Interment service concludes.