LOCAL 2004: HEARTFELT GOODBYE FOR RONALD REAGAN NATION MOURNS BELOVED FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT.Byline: Daily News SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Flags flew at half-staff, church bells pealed across the land and hundreds of thousands of mourners lined streets in Washington, D.C., and Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, after the June 5 death of Ronald Wilson Sir Ronald Wilson AC KBE CMG QC ( 23 August, 1922- 15 July, 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 Reagan, the nation's 40th president. When Reagan died of pneumonia at his Bel-Air home, people throughout America voiced affection for the former president, who had suffered for years from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . ``There was such a tremendous sense of loss. He was dearly loved and respected. In true Ronald Reagan fashion, he once again brought the whole country together,'' said Duke Blackwood, director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley. ``Just look at the 100,000 people who waited up to 13 hours to view the casket here at the library.'' The former president's daughter, Patti Davis Patti Davis (born Patricia Ann Reagan on October 21, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is the daughter of former President of the United States Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Davis. , said that in the moment before he died, Reagan ``opened his eyes, eyes that had not opened for many, many days, and looked at my mother. He showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.'' Five days of memorial services that Reagan had helped plan when he was alive began June 7 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Americans gathered across the country in demonstrations of admiration for the Illinois native who became a film star and served as California's governor, going on to become the oldest person ever to serve as president. Known as ``The Great Communicator,'' Reagan and his work helped bring about the end of the Cold War and end of communist domination of Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . Between noon June 7 and 9 p.m. June 8, about 106,000 mourners viewed his coffin in Simi Valley. Then Reagan's body was flown to Washington, D.C., for a formal funeral procession to the U.S. Capitol, where it lay in state through June 10. On the morning of Friday, June 11, world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. gathered at the Washington funeral and praised the 40th president as a heroic liberator. Later in the day, his body was flown back to Point Mugu and transported by motorcade to the Reagan Library. Thousands of people lined the Ventura Freeway and surface streets, waving American flags and signs such as ``God bless the Gipper,'' ``Reagan Country'' and ``Welcome home Ronnie.'' At his presidential library, Reagan was laid to rest on a hill facing the Pacific Ocean as more than 600 people gathered at dusk. The flag from Reagan's coffin was handed to his widow, Nancy, who dabbed a handkerchief to her eyes and shared a last moment at the casket, offering a kiss and a caress, reluctant to leave his side. ``I love you,'' said the former first lady. The events from this historic period were documented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in a CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. available from the library. The ``Mourning in America'' CD includes words and music from the funeral services, and the ``Mourning in America'' DVD includes the family ceremony at the Reagan Library on June 7, services at Capitol Rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. , National Cathedral services, Reagan Library sunset services, ``Final Journey'' tribute by Phil Dusenberry, and ``The Reagan Years,'' photographs by Pete Souza. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Nancy Reagan stands over the coffin bearing her husband, former President Ronald Reagan during interment ceremonies at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on June 11, 2004. Bryan Chan/Pool |
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