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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989).
The state funeral was executed by the Military District of Washington (MDW).
Reagan's casket was carried by a military honor guard representing all branches of the United States Armed Forces into the lobby of the library to lie in repose.
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 Ronald Reagan - Free net encyclopedia
Reagan was the victim of an assassination attempt on March 30, 1981, by John Hinckley Jr.
Reagan's clear voice, easy-going manner, and athletic physique made him popular with audiences; the majority of his screen roles were as the leading man in B movies.
Reagan's landslide win in the 1984 presidential election is often attributed by political commentators to be a result of his conversion of the "Reagan Democrats," the traditionally Democratic voters who voted for Reagan in that election.
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Ronald Reagan was sworn in as governor of California on January 3, 1967.
Reagan's concession speech was a stirring exhortation, emphasizing the dangers of nuclear war and the moral threat posed by the Soviet Union.
Reagan's final public speech was on February 3, 1994, during a tribute in Washington, D.C. His last public appearance was at the funeral of fellow Republican President Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994.
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 State funeral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the visual distinction usually referred to is that in a state funeral, the gun carriage bearing the coffin is drawn by sailors from the Royal Navy rather than horses.
In the U.S., state funerals are granted by law to Presidents-elect and sitting and former Presidents, and may be granted to other individuals as designated by the sitting President.
Most state funerals include Armed Forces pallbearers, various 21-gun salutes, renditions by military bands and choirs, a military chaplain for the immediate family, and a flag-draped coffin if the President or honoree is a veteran.
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 Ronald Reagan
Guard of Honor members are based in Washington, D.C., and belong to ceremonial detachments for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.
The caisson consists of six horses of the same color, three riders, and a section chief mounted on a separate horse.
A pair of boots are reversed in the stirrups of the empty saddle to symbolize that the warrior will never ride again.
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 Ronald Reagan
He was a prominent New Dealer in the 1940s but by 1960 Reagan became a staunch conservative and advocate of free markets.
Through these years, Reagan had been educating himself in the laissez-faire economics of classical liberalism; following the election of John F. Kennedy, who Reagan viewed as a socialist, he joined the Republican party in time to mount the 1964 bandwagon of conservative Presidential contender Barry Goldwater.
Reagan wrote in his autobiography "An American Life" that Roosevelt warned that welfare programs could destroy the work ethic like "a narcotic" and Roosevelt liquidated temporary welfare programs designed to aid the country through the Great Depression once the crisis passed (only to be resurrected later).
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 Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nancy Reagan escorted by U.S. Army Major General Galen B. Jackman.
Nancy Reagan leans her head on her husband's casket at his presidential library.
The dignitaries included 36 past and present heads of state and government, and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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 President Ronald Reagan
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers the eulogy for former President Ronald Reagan during the State Funeral Ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, June 9, 2004.
I have read several news reports which state once President Reagan is interred (after 10:30 ET or so Friday night), I have also read that tradition states the flags should be lowered for 30 days for a President.
What is the definition of a state funeral, and how is it decided to bestow that honor?
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