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A hearse (/ h ɜːr s /) is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
President Jimmy Carter’s hearse arrived in Atlanta Saturday afternoon after his six-day funeral schedule began that morning.. Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and peanut farm operator who ...
Over the course of two days, April 8–9, over 150,000 people filed past MacArthur's casket in the Capitol rotunda. A third funeral procession occurred on Constitution Avenue that included a flyover of fifty Air Force planes over the column in salute as the horse-drawn caisson neared the site of the casket transfer to a hearse.
The hearse was described as "immense", being 14 feet (4.3 m) long and 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. Its exterior was entirely black, except for glass walls, and was topped by black plumes. Its interior was lined in white satin and black velvet, and above the catafalque on which the coffin was to be set hung a sculptured golden eagle. The platform itself ...
12:45 p.m.: Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and Carter’s remains are transferred to the hearse. 1:15 p.m.: Motorcade departs for the U.S. Navy Memorial.
The late president will be honored with two funeral services today. ... 10:20 a.m. – Carter’s remains are carried to the hearse by current and former Special Agents in Charge from the United ...
Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral is an opportunity to ... worth noting is Carter’s choice to pause at the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his casket will be transferred from a hearse to a ...
The funeral train had nine cars, including a baggage car, hearse car, and the President's car, built for use by the president and other officials and containing a parlor, sitting room, and sleeping apartment. The President's car was draped in mourning and carried the coffins of Lincoln and his son.