I asked this on another thread last night, no one must have known the answer. Maybe someone here knows.
Question 1:
Common sense says the duties of the Secret Service Agents assigned to President Reagan ended when President Reagan passed.
I am curious...does an agent stay on duty? I mean in the sense of either protecting the remains of the President until burial or out of a tradition of respect and honor?
I am not talking about the agents who will continue to protect Mrs. Reagan.
Next Question:
Are the arms carried by the Honor Guard loaded?
Don't know about the agents but the honor guard's weapon is not loaded...they are ceremonial.
I have wondered the same.
They must. Fox interviewed the secret service agent yesterday who protected Pres. Reagan for 17 years! He did not do so up until the end. He said that he last saw Reagan about two years ago when he visited and just couldn't visit again because he remembered the man who said "Mr. Gorbochev, tear down this wall!" [Thanks--I'm at work and really don't need these tears streaming down my face.] He didn't give the exact years in which he protected the late president.