Final scene: a service at the National Cathedral.(the funeral of former president Ronald Reagan)

From: National Review | Date: July 12, 2004| Author: Scully, Matthew | Copyright information

A FEW days before the state funeral for Ronald Reagan, some of his old aides were talking up an idea they thought would show just the right spirit: They proposed that at noon on June 11, as services began at Washington National Cathedral, the flags then at half-mast across America and the world be dramatically raised again. This would symbolize the new beginning President Reagan gave our country, and that optimism for which we should all remember him. It was a case of carrying the g...

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