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To: onyx

Rummy is an honorary pallbearer but I haven't seen him. Has anyone seen him?


351 posted on 12/30/2006 4:24:56 PM PST by crabbie
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To: crabbie

Haven't seen Rummy or GHWB either who is supposed to be there.


357 posted on 12/30/2006 4:26:22 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: crabbie


Nope, I haven't seen Rummy yet either.


362 posted on 12/30/2006 4:27:09 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: crabbie

He is caught in a snowstorm-will be delayed.


366 posted on 12/30/2006 4:27:50 PM PST by fatima
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To: crabbie

I have not seen Rumsfeld. Thought I saw him early at Andrews, but not since.


368 posted on 12/30/2006 4:27:56 PM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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To: crabbie

I want Rummy .. I miss him SO much!


402 posted on 12/30/2006 4:31:56 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: crabbie

from another thread....


Funeral plans for President Ford.
All times are local:
Saturday, Dec. 30 -- Palm Desert, Calif., to Washington, D.C.

9:45 a.m. Departure ceremony from St. Margaret's.

10:15 a.m. The remains will depart Palm Springs Regional Airport and be flown to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

5:20 p.m. Ford's body arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, traveling to the U.S. Capitol. The motorcade will travel through Alexandria, Va., in remembrance of Ford's long residence in that city as a congressman and as vice president. The motorcade also will pause at the World War II Memorial.

6:20 p.m. The casket will be carried up the east steps of the Capitol to the door of the House of Representatives.

6:30 p.m. The casket will be received with ceremony at the east steps to the U.S. House of Representatives. The casket will proceed up the steps in honor of Ford's 24 years as a House member. Ford's remains will be met by a group of his former House colleagues. The casket will lie in repose at the open House doors. The casket will then be carried through Statuary Hall to the Rotunda for the Lying in State portion of the state funeral.

After the arrival ceremony, the Rotunda will open to the public until midnight. The public waiting area will be at the southwest corner of the Capitol grounds, across from the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Sunday, Dec. 31, and Monday, Jan. 1 -- Washington, D.C.

Ford's body continues in state. Rotunda open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.


23 posted on 12/30/2006 11:59:34 AM EST by lunarbicep (Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)


422 posted on 12/30/2006 4:35:10 PM PST by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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