LIVE THREAD: Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Arrival at the Capitol

www.freerepublic.com | June 9, 2004

[Howlin]

Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base scheduled for 5 P.M. EDT.

Beginning of procession: 16th and Constitution at 6:00 P.M.

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The procession begins at 16 th Street and Constitution Avenue with the ceremonial transfer of remains of former President Ronald Reagan from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for the processional to the Capitol. The casket transfer will take place at 6 p.m. and caisson continues east with formal military escort.

The public will be able to pay final respects while the remains lie in state in the Capitol rotunda from 7:00 p.m. through Friday, June 11, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.

[StayAt HomeMother]

DC Chapter On-Scene Report #1: FReepers waiting at 16th and Constitution include Anglewood, BillF, BufordP, DoctorMichael, helmut113, Jimmy Valentine's brother and a friend, kristinn, sauropod, and several whose names I could not catch.

A Mexican visitor saw their buttons with President Reagan’s picture, and told them that thanks to President Reagan Mexico did not have a civil war and Central America did not go communist.

[xp38]

It's an interesting image. It's also interesting that the rotunda site or somewhere below it was originally intended to be the burial site for George and Martha Washington but when George died Martha refused that request and hence they are buried at Mt. Vernon.

[alisasny]

Where are you? Did you go? I hope so : )

[samadams2000]

Yeah..studs..every patriotic one of them.

[Peach]

Rush talked with a man who had been standing in line at the Capitol since 3:00 a.m. Guy said the press was interviewing everyone in the line and asking why they were there.

The press wasn't getting the answers they wanted and the last question they asked everyone was "how did you feel about Iran-Contra".

Rush said it's like an obituary of FDR and highlighting the fact that he imprisoned the Japanese during WWII.

[Mo1]

Also on C-span


http://www.c-span.org/

[don-o]

CBS feed – Real Player – no babbling

Hope it works. Not taking time to test.

[StarCMC]

PArade route -- Soldiers marching

[small voice in the wilderness]

BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Thank you for the laugh!

[NautiNurse]

A couple of shots of the Capitol--

[alisasny]

I so wish I could be there with them.

[Rebelbase]

Chris Matthews is a disgusting person. He his talking about people waiting to see the hearse go by might not have even been born when Reagan took office, so you have to wonder what their parents have told them, then speaking a parent to child "Yeah, I remember him he came in around 80-81 and there was a lot talk about taxes, and Iran-Contra and is keptchup a vegetable, but in the end here we don't remember those things".....What a despicable man.

[sinkspur]

Would you have him treated like Lenin or is it Stalin who's entombed above ground?

Lenin is above ground, though his glass case is kept airtight. There are also Catholic saints with intact bodies above ground.

An embalmed body in a vault below ground will retain its appearance for a very long time, though the skin will darken.

Actually, a body in a mausoleum decays much faster, due to the exposure to air.

[cgk]

Okay, I didn't have the options you described, but I tried to make it smaller... I hope this looks better:

[Howlin]

Okay......who has the best pictures so far?

[YaYa123]

I was furious last night that the implication was made by talking heads that Reagans were the only ones who pre-planned the funeral. Not so! It's something every president has to do on leaving the White House.

Judy Woodruff CNN, is repeating what Brit said: That the off course plane was a VIP plane. She's also going on and on about how she had to "run for her life" because of it. Give it up, CNN....case is closed!!!

[cyncooper]

Of my local networks, only CBS is still covering. (I'll guess ABC and NBC will rejoin when the actual procession begins)

[redhead]

Thanks, BH, for all the work you do on these lists. I REALLY appreciate it!