Word: caskets
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...BACK over to the funeral home just in time. They were bringing the body out already. The casket was almost hidden under wreaths of flowers. As it passed by the band, we played "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," in dirge tempo. The crowd was silent as the mourners in black followed the casket. One heavy old woman with fleecy white hair was weeping into a handkerchief and singing out the words of the hymn in between sobs. Her rich voice wailed above the brass with a clear, poignant tone...
...funeral train that carried the casket from New York to Washington, she refused to remain closeted in the family car. Ignoring a friend's urging to go back, she stepped into a car full of Washington friends and officials. After kissing or shaking hands with everyone there, she learned that all the staffers and newsmen who had traveled on Bobby's campaign plane were aboard the train. "I want to see them," she said. A reporter friend told her that they were scattered throughout the train, perhaps 20 cars in all. She insisted, "I'll go see them...
There was more dignity than drama in Ike's final journey-and that is precisely how he wanted it. He had approved the arrangements as long ago as 1966, and they were carried out with military precision. At the beginning of the week, his casket was removed from Washington's National Cathedral. One witness of the transfer was Omar Bradley, 76, the last of the five-star generals, who saluted his wartime colleague with a sadly trembling hand. After the casket was taken to a spot near the Washington Monument, it was placed atop the horse-drawn...
...Gaulle, 78, paused before the casket in the Rotunda to offer a somber salute. After an estimated 60,000 people had filed through the Rotunda, the casket was returned to the cathedral for the funeral. Outside, the Marine Band struck up Hail to the Chief%#151;notes that were heard repeatedly during the five days-and eight pallbearers carried the casket down the aisle to the catafalque, draped in purple velvet. The Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, the Presbyterian minister who baptized Eisenhower in 1953 (Ike's parents were members of a Mennonite sect...
...Buckeye Avenue and stopped at the Eisenhower Center, a complex of buildings that includes the Eisenhower Library and the museum, the home where Ike grew up, and the Place of Meditation, a nondenominational chapel where he chose to be buried. After the rites, the flag that had covered the casket was care fully folded and handed to the general's wife of 52 years with the traditional military words: "This flag is presented to you on behalf of a grateful nation as a token of appreciation for the honorable and faithful service rendered by your loved...