The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, died on June 5, 2004, after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. A seven-day state funeral followed, spanning June 5 to 11th.
After Reagan's death his body was taken from his Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California home to the Gates, Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported ...
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The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, died on June 5, 2004, after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. A seven-day state funeral followed, spanning June 5 to 11th.
After Reagan's death his body was taken from his Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California home to the Gates, Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse and displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, then flown to Washington, D.C. on June 9 for a service, public viewing and tributes at the U.S. Capitol Building. After lying in state for thirty-four hours in the Capitol Rotunda, a state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on June 11, the day that President George W. Bush declared a national day of mourning. Later that day, after the service, Reagan's casket was transported back to California for interment at the...
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