cathedral.org/about/state-funeral
Time of State Funeral service at National
Cathedral began was 10 a.m. Eastern
Thursday January 9, 2025
UPDATE: National Cathedral website
The cathedral is closed from Jan. 7 - 10, 2025;
Former Presidents as well as numerous Military
and Congressional Leaders with tickets-invitations
will be admitted; all safety measures will be in place.
Absent was former FLOTUS Michelle Obama who
was in Hawai'i due to scheduling already in place.
Vice Presidents present were Dan Quayle & 2nd Lady
Marilyn Quayle; Al Gore; family of Walter Mondale;
Mike Pence and Karen Pence; 2nd Gentleman Doug
Emhoff.
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Security perimeter around the cathedral is significant more
wide with roads blocked off, and more concrete barriers and
fencing -- less in years 2018 (G.H.W. Bush) and 2007 (Ford).
Steve Ford and Ted Mondale to read eulogies written by
their late fathers.
NO State Funeral was held in 1994 was held for former
POTUS 37 Richard M. Nixon who died in Loma Linda, CA
and was buried at the Nixon Library alongside his late
wife, Pat.
BTW -- POTUS 39 Carter and Rosalynn did attend the
Funeral of their successor, Ronald Reagan -- it was a
State Funeral with burial at the Library, in S. California.
UPDATE (Jan. 15, 2025): former FLOTUS Michelle
Obama has stated that she will NOT attend the inauguration
of re-elected Pres. Trump and first-time VP Vance next Monday.
The tradition / streak of those leaving the White House and
remaining in DC for the next transfer of power was broken
in 2021 by then-FLOTUS Melania (Knauss) Trump who
left by helicopter from Maryland to a counter-scheduled
event with MAGA supporters ahead of the Biden-Harris
inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021 (after the Jan. 6 insurrection
that same year). Incumbent POTUS Joseph
Biden and FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden did attend the Inauguration
speech and ceremony that had been moved inside to the
Capitol Rotunda due to inclement weather all weekend
through Monday 20 January.
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