Posted on 06/11/2004 2:48:04 AM PDT by ambrose
LIVE THREAD--Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Lying in State at the Rotunda (6/11/04)
I've always been impressed with the soldiers at funerals. From the first time as a little child when I heard taps and the rifle salute at my uncle Bob's funeral in Muscatine Iowa until today.
Thanks for posting that wonderful picture. Bar looks very proud of her magnificent son.
LOL!!!! There is not enough money to have me jump out of a plane with a parachute!
That was Robert Montgomery who suggested to Reagan that he run for the presidency.
"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life."
About time! He's impressed me so much this week with his dignity, his love for his siblings and stepmother, and his reverence for his father. There have been times this week when I may not have understood how he's been treated, but he appears to be above it.
Oh, wait, on second thought I'd better check, I hope I didn't close that last batch before saving.
I might have.......
Stand by.
Yes, I agree lighten up about the talk about Clintons. If they did not look weird,and everyone else look normal,very little would be said. I think there was a lot less said about them than could have been. Lots of people are not at home watching,they like the colorful descriptions as they are reading on-line. That is a nice function of these threads.
Thanks, I hadn't known that Brady continued to be listed as the press secretary. No doubt Ronald Reagan had more class and dignity than the media will ever acknowledge.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong -- Ronald ReaganWe are especially not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states run by the strangest collection of misfits, Looney Tunes and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich -- Ronald Reagan
The ultimate determinate in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve; the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideas to which we are dedicated -- Ronald Reagan
A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough -- Ronald Reagan
No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women -- Ronald Reagan
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free -- Ronald Reagan
There are others. I posted them with some gathered pics from various thread to my profile page.
My son was a solder, I guess once a soldier always a soldier, but he was chosen for ceremonial detail.........he doesn't mention the funerals but did tell us about the weddings. Very exciting to hear about and how uplifting for those present.
Oh yuk!!!It was Shaw,not Goldberg!
Here's the Yahoo article on the possible pulling of contract.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/040609/tech_accenture_5.html
I heard a reporter mention a 'crypt' which is a "Chamber partly or wholly underground". So, we shall see.
You just got another request. You are terrific!
Interesting to see Tony Blair in attendance, while back home his Labor party has taken a licking in the elections. A man of conviction, thank God. He didn't cut and run. Adn I think that's why Laura Bush stopped to squeeze his shoulder as they came into the cathedral.
LOL I've no idea.
I'm ok .. I just wish for one day .. Especially today, the day this country buries the man .. that they could stop the political pot shots
They would praise Reagan and then compare it to Bush 43 as a political slam.
I remember the 80's .. I remember how all those liberals attacked President Reagan .. I remember how cruel they were to Nancy
They are nothing but a bunch of Hypocrites and they should be ashamed of themselves for using this mans death to make political pot shots against the current President
It's just disgusting .. it's not the time nor place for it
Today is a day to pay respect for the man .. regardless of ones political party
Have they no shame?
What a neat inscription! Have always thought that right will win in the end! Just hard getting there sometimes!
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