WP: LBJ's Service Will Be Model for Funeral

[kskiska]

Planners say Ronald Reagan's state funeral, to include a 24-hour lying in state in the U.S. Capitol and a service at Washington National Cathedral, will closely follow that given for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973.

Reagan's family has the final say on the four days of observances, the schedule for which is expected to be finalized today, said one federal official involved in the planning. The ceremonies are being planned "down to the minute," the official said on condition of anonymity.

Initial plans call for Reagan's body to lie in state for a day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. His body then will be flown to Andrews Air Force Base, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday, arriving at 5 p.m.

The body will be driven in a motorcade directly to the U.S. Capitol for a viewing for national and international leaders. It will then lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda for about 24 hours. The public will be allowed to enter through the West Front Terrace, and crowds can assemble at Third Street.

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[gmoney]

1. "Deceased low-income Americans...

"While millions will be spent on this state funeral, deceased low-income Americans will continue to be dumped into landfills, or turned into Soylent Green."

[saigon68]

7. They are the lazy, dreary people.

"They get what they deserve", R. Raygun </sarcasm>

[rfranklin]

2. One has to wonder who would make a trip to see Reagan's coffin...

Free Republic only has about five active members in D.C.

[grasswire]

3. and two of them...

...are assigned to the Porta-potty monitoring.

[dweller]

4. Will he then be finally

recoated with Teflon, and shot into space as our premier Star War defensive barrier?


dp

[janx]

5. I hate to be insensitive, but what is this--

"Weekend at Bernie's" ?

I suppose if his family is comfortable with this, then so be it. But it just seems as if flying Reagan's body around for people to see...Are television cameras getting shots at the corpse as well?

Again, please excuse me--I come from a family that doesn't mistake corpses for the people who used to inhabit them, so maybe it's a cultural and religious matter.

I know that Catholics often have open coffins, wakes, etc., but this seems a bit extreme.

[Occulus]

6. please,

I truly hope they don't use "Adagio for Strings" at the funeral.

That would be too, too much.

[dbt]

8. And what shit will the Regime be pulling

while Murkins dutifully troop by the coffin of Ronnie The Popular*?

:freak:
dbt

*Undying props to John C. Fogerty "It Came Out Of The Sky."