Former President Ronald Reagan Dies at 93

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Originally Posted by Lux

Just curious......do we have to be polite and send condolences if we hated someone? It seems that everyone goes in the good books when they die. Perhaps it's because I'm not American so I have no grounds on which to appreciate him on any level. He and Iron Lady scare me.

So what does a state funeral in the US consist of? I can only relate to the Windsors marching off to Westminster Abbey, but for some strange reason I don't imagine that's what this one will consist of.

I don't know exactly what it will be like. They're all different. I imagine a lot of 21 gun salutes...etc. I read somewhere that Reagan is to be interred in CA and not at Arlington. This is curious to me.
If we wish to discuss the Reagan era, it might be appropriate to start an "I came to bury Caesar not to praise him" thread seperately and leave this one for the condolences.