Reagan Honored with State Funeral

World | June 7, 2004, Monday // 00:00
Reagan Honored with State Funeral A military veteran leaves a makeshift memorial after laying flowers in front the mortuary where the body of former US President Ronald Reagan rests in Santa Monica. Reagan will be memorialized at a presidential state funeral. Photo by AFP

Ronald Reagan was remembered with jellybeans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where the former president's body lay. Reagan will be memorialized at the first presidential state funeral in more than three decades, a ritual rich in traditions from the country's earliest days. His remains will be flown to Washington on Wednesday to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. The funeral, undoubtedly attended by world leaders, will be at Washington National Cathedral on Friday. Friday - June 11 was declared day of national mourning in the US.

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