A Nation's Honor Ronald Reagan's Funeral a Tribute to a Beloved Leader

Carter lost in a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. Former White House aide Stu Eizenstat used his eulogy to make an effort to ... Another 100,000 people paid their respects as Reagan lay in state. On June 11, the coffin arrived at Washington National Cathedral as a band played “Ruffles and ... On Saturday night, hours after the former president was transported to a Santa Monica funeral home, Bob Boetticher went to work. He had trained ... President George W Bush, his father and former president George Bush, former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher of Britain and Brian Mulroney of ... A formal funeral procession will the rotunda of the United States capitol, followed by a ceremony attended by the Reagan family, heads of state, ... The United States conducts state funerals on behalf of all persons who hold, or have held, the office of president as well as a president-elect and other ... At an official state funeral members of Congress gathered to pay tribute to the life and career of Former President Ronald Reagan. Coming together to mourn Reagan ... When George W. Bush was in office, he spoke at former President Ronald Reagan's funeral on June 11, 2004, as ... After lying in state for 34 hours in the Capitol rotunda, a state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on June 11, the day when ... Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for President ... for President Ronald Reagan. June 11, 2004 ... Mrs. Reagan, Patti, Michael, and Ron; members of the ...