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A horse drawn caisson transporting the remains of William Howard Taft from the Capitol to All Souls Church, Unitarian on March 11, 1930. Former president William Howard Taft, also retired Chief Justice of the United States, was given a state funeral in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 1930, three days after his death. He lay in state in the ...
Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket, [4] [5] with a quarter million passing through the rotunda during the 18 hours of lying in state. [4] Kennedy's funeral service was held on November 25 at St. Matthew's Cathedral. [6] The Requiem Mass was led by Cardinal Richard Cushing. [6]
March 15 – Victor Feguer is executed after Kennedy's February 20 denial of clemency. The execution marks the last federal execution until the execution of Timothy McVeigh on June 11, 2001. March 18–20 – President Kennedy makes the seventh international trip of his presidency, travelling to San José , Costa Rica , where he attends the ...
Services honoring Carter will begin Jan. 4 and include a brief pause at the family farm in Plains, Georgia, where he grew up, and a stop at the Georgia State Capitol for a moment of silence.
According to FOX News, Carter is likely to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda eight or so days after his death. The last president to lie in state was the late President George H.W. Bush in ...
Here's what mourners said about the former Georgia governor and 39th president of the United States: "I think he was the finest man that ever served in office." − Randy Fenley, who traveled from ...
The permanent John F. Kennedy grave site opened with little announcement or fanfare on March 15, 1967. A few days before, the eternal flame had been moved from its temporary location to the new site. [59] The reburial of the bodies occurred on the evening of March 14, after Arlington National Cemetery had closed. [3]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American socialite, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was a son of 35th United States president John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy .