Live Thread: Funeral of President Gerald Ford (Arrival at the Capitol)

www.freerepublic.com | December 30, 2006

[Howlin]

The President's plane is arriving at Andrews Air Force Base at this moment.

[goodnesswins]

Ha....saw a groom faint at his own wedding once.....

[Mo1]

They don't know yet

All I saw was an elder gentlemen with gray hair and slim

He couldn't stand during the prayer/singing and when they tried to help him out he collapsed to the floor

Frist ran to help him

[GeorgiaDawg32]

when I was in the service, oh these many years ago, if I had to stand at attention for any extended period of time, my legs and arms would go to sleep..

[Right_in_Virginia]

No CPR...a wheelchair to take the person out.

Frist was first on the scene.

It wasn't Mrs. Ford or the Cheneys.

[onyx]

Definitely not Dole nor anyone recognizable by the TV commentator.

[Bahbah]

That describes about half the Congress.

Very true, but I recognize most of them and I didn't recognize this one.

[SevenofNine]

OH S**T not Poor Dick Cheney

[Coldwater Creek]

Dole looked like death warmed over!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/funeral/funeral.html

March 31, 1969
4 PM Casket carried to hearse for return to Washington National Cathedral

4:30 PM Arrival ceremony at Cathedral's North Transept, followed by Episcopal funeral service in Cathedral attended by 2,107 persons admitted by ticket.

5 PM Casket placed in hearse for trip to Union Station.

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I must be remembering the evening trip to Union Station.

[La Enchiladita]

This is so much harder for Mrs. Ford now...

Oh dear.

[NinoFan]

Once when I was young, I locked my knees during a choir recital, LOL. It wasn't a fun experience considering the fact that I was on the back, top riser.

Hopefully, this is nothing serious.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

William whom from Michigan?

[onyx]

Frist was first on the scene.

Thank God.

[La Enchiladita]

Please don't use that language on this thread. Thank you.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It was a former Congressman Bloomfield who served with Ford.

[goodnesswins]

Bloomfield.

[Pyro7480]

Former colleague of President Ford from the House of Representative was the one who collapsed... former Congressman Broomfield (sp?)

[tsmith130]

Congressman Broomfield?

[NinoFan]

OK, thanks. Couldn't tell.

[ErnBatavia]

Is it me, or did Dole look particularly frail?

To us, it just looked like he'd outgrown that plastic surgery he had a few years ago. He had that Robert Blake look about him, though..that's for sure.