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US, World Bid Final Farewell to Reagan
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Jun 11, 2004 02:25pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Friday, June 11, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | US, World Bid Final Farewell to Reagan
The Honolulu Advertiser
Mustering its most magnificent tributes for America's 40th president, the nation bid a final farewell to Ronald Reagan on Friday in a funeral praising the former president for his lifelong optimism and certainty about America and its place in the world. With his sunset burial, said President Bush, "a great American story will close."
After the funeral, Reagan's cortege slowly made its way to Andrews Air Force in suburban Maryland for the last trip to California, aboard one of the jets normally used as Air Force One. On the tarmac, the U.S. Air Force Band played "Going Home" as artillery fired a 21-gun salute. Mrs. Reagan, 82, gave a final wave to the crowd and blew a kiss as she boarded the plane. Reagan was being buried at sunset at a hilltopsite that he and Mrs. Reagan had selected at his presidential library. |
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